GHSA-984p-xq9m-4rjw
Rate Limiting Bypass in express-brute
GHSA-984p-xq9m-4rjw is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.6) in express-brute, published June 7, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. No source names a fixed version.
- Severity
- 5.6 MediumCVSS 3.1, GitHub Advisories
- Exploit chance
- UnscoredNo EPSS score yet
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
- No fix listedNo source names one
Description
All versions of express-brute are vulnerable to Rate Limiting Bypass. Concurrent requests may lead to race conditions that cause the package to incorrectly count requests. This may allow an attacker to bypass the rate limiting provided by the package and execute requests without limiting.
Recommendation
No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative module until a fix is made available.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
express-brutenpm | through 1.0.1 | None known |
What each source reports
GitHub Advisories Score used
Rate Limiting Bypass in express-brute
All versions of express-brute are vulnerable to Rate Limiting Bypass. Concurrent requests may lead to race conditions that cause the package to incorrectly count requests. This may allow an attacker to bypass the rate limiting provided by the package and execute requests without limiting.
Recommendation
No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative module until a fix is made available.
- Record
GHSA-984p-xq9m-4rjw- CVSS 3.1
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Rate Limiting Bypass in express-brute
All versions of express-brute are vulnerable to Rate Limiting Bypass. Concurrent requests may lead to race conditions that cause the package to incorrectly count requests. This may allow an attacker to bypass the rate limiting provided by the package and execute requests without limiting.
Recommendation
No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative module until a fix is made available.
- Record
GHSA-984p-xq9m-4rjw- CVSS 3.1
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | GitHub Advisories, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.