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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2020-8136
CVE-2020-8136:
JavaScript vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A prototype pollution vulnerability was discovered in fastify-multipart versions below 1.0.5, identified as CVE-2020-8136. The vulnerability allows attackers to crash fastify applications that parse multipart requests (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists in the multipart request parsing functionality of fastify-multipart. A later bypass of this vulnerability was discovered (CVE-2021-23597) where attackers could still crash the application by providing a name=constructor property (Snyk).
Impact
When successfully exploited, this vulnerability can lead to application crashes, potentially causing denial of service conditions for fastify applications that process multipart requests (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to fastify-multipart version 1.0.5 or later to address this vulnerability (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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