CVE-2020-8192
Denial of service in fastify
CVE-2020-8192 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in @clerk Fastify, published July 30, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.16%, the 67th percentile. Fixed in fastify 2.15.1.
- Severity
- 6.5 MediumCVSS 3.1, NVD
- Exploit chance
- 1.16%EPSS, 67th percentile
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
2.15.1fastify
Description
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Fastify v2.14.1 and v3.0.0-rc.4 that allows a malicious user to trigger resource exhaustion (when the allErrors option is used) with specially crafted schemas.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
fastifynpm | before 2.15.1 | 2.15.1 |
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Fastify v2.14.1 and v3.0.0-rc.4 that allows a malicious user to trigger resource exhaustion (when the allErrors option is used) with specially crafted schemas.
- Record
CVE-2020-8192- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Fastify v2.14.1 and v3.0.0-rc.4 that allows a malicious user to trigger resource exhaustion (when the allErrors option is used) with specially crafted schemas.
- Record
CVE-2020-8192- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-0654No score
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Fastify v2.14.1 and v3.0.0-rc.4 that allows a malicious user to trigger resource exhaustion (when the allErrors option is used) with specially crafted schemas.
- Record
EUVD-2020-0654- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xw5p-hw6r-2j98No score
Denial of service in fastify
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Fastify v2.14.1 and v3.0.0-rc.4 that allows a malicious user to trigger resource exhaustion (when the allErrors option is used) with specially crafted schemas.
- Record
GHSA-xw5p-hw6r-2j98- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Fastify v2.14.1 and v3.0.0-rc.4 that allows a malicious user to trigger resource exhaustion (when the allErrors option is used) with specially crafted schemas.
- Record
CVE-2020-8192- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-xw5p-hw6r-2j98No score
Denial of service in fastify
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Fastify v2.14.1 and v3.0.0-rc.4 that allows a malicious user to trigger resource exhaustion (when the allErrors option is used) with specially crafted schemas.
- Record
GHSA-xw5p-hw6r-2j98- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.