Uncontrolled resource consumption in HackerOne ecstatic node module
Priority LOW 37CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
Certain input strings when passed to new Date() or Date.parse() in ecstatic node module before 1.4.0 will cause v8 to raise an exception. This leads to a crash and denial of service in ecstatic when this input is passed into the server via the If-Modified-Since header.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02022 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed ecstatic node module (HackerOne): 1.4.0ecstatic (npm): 1.4.0
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HackerOne | ecstatic node module | before 1.4.0 | 1.4.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | ecstatic (npm) | before 1.4.0 | 1.4.0 | Patch available | GHSA-vwjc-q9px-r9vq |
- ecstatic node module VendorHackerOne Affected before 1.4.0 Fixed in 1.4.0 Patch available CNA
- ecstatic (npm) Vendor— Affected before 1.4.0 Fixed in 1.4.0 Patch available GHSA-vwjc-q9px-r9vq
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:ecstatic_project:ecstatic:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | before 1.4.0 | Vulnerable | Ecstatic Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:ecstatic_project:ecstatic:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 1.4.0 Vulnerable ·Ecstatic Project
Remediation
- Fix · CNA ecstatic node module (HackerOne) Fixed in 1.4.0
- Fix · GHSA-vwjc-q9px-r9vq ecstatic (npm) Fixed in 1.4.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-9242
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vwjc-q9px-r9vq
References
Advisory 4
More Ecstatic Project Ecstatic vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-08744 A regular expression Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in the file lib/ecstatic.js of… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-08040 Uncontrolled resource consumption in ecstatic CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2015-9242 · CVE Program
- CVE-2015-9242 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vwjc-q9px-r9vq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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