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TI-2019-04063 Aliases CVE-2019-5739GHSA-wr35-fh22-q84x

Uncontrolled resource consumption in NodeJS Node.js

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-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
Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

Keep-alive HTTP and HTTPS connections can remain open and inactive for up to 2 minutes in Node.js 6.16.0 and earlier. Node.js 8.0.0 introduced a dedicated server.keepAliveTimeout which defaults to 5 seconds. The behavior in Node.js 6.16.0 and earlier is a potential Denial of Service (DoS) attack vector. Node.js 6.17.0 introduces server.keepAliveTimeout and the 5-second default.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04929 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Node.js (Node.js): 6.17.0Red Hat: 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
NodeJSNode.jsbefore 6.17.06.17.0Patch availableCNA
  • Node.js VendorNodeJS Affected before 6.17.0 Fixed in 6.17.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*up to 6.16.0VulnerableNodeJS
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*42.3VulnerableopenSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions up to 6.16.0 Vulnerable ·NodeJS
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 42.3 Vulnerable ·openSUSE

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Node.js (Node.js) Fixed in 6.17.0

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Software Collections

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-5739
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wr35-fh22-q84x

References

Advisory 5

  • TI-2026-79288 Out-of-bounds write in Google Brotli decoder KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-01993 The DES and Triple DES ciphers, as used in the TLS, SSH, and IPSec protocols and other… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-03325 Command injection vulnerability in programing languages on Microsoft Windows operating system. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-03472 X.509 Email Address Variable Length Buffer Overflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-03315 X.509 Email Address 4-byte Buffer Overflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
See all 186 →

Sources

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