[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#1121417: Bug#1121417: node-body-parser: CVE-2025-13466

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Hi Xavier,

On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 05:20:03PM +0100, Xavier wrote:
> Le 26/11/2025 à 08:40, Salvatore Bonaccorso a écrit :
> > Source: node-body-parser
> > Version: 2.2.0+~1.19.6-3
> > Severity: important
> > Tags: security upstream
> > X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > The following vulnerability was published for node-body-parser.
> > 
> > CVE-2025-13466[0]:
> > | body-parser 2.2.0 is vulnerable to denial of service due to
> > | inefficient handling of URL-encoded bodies with very large numbers
> > | of parameters. An attacker can send payloads containing thousands of
> > | parameters within the default 100KB request size limit, causing
> > | elevated CPU and memory usage. This can lead to service slowdown or
> > | partial outages under sustained malicious traffic. This issue is
> > | addressed in version 2.2.1.
> > 
> > 
> > If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
> > CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.
> > 
> > For further information see:
> > 
> > [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-13466
> >      https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13466
> > [1] https://github.com/expressjs/body-parser/security/advisories/GHSA-wqch-xfxh-vrr4
> > [2] https://github.com/expressjs/body-parser/commit/b204886a6744b0b6d297cd0e849d75de836f3b63
> > 
> > Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> it looks that this affects only version 2.2.0. Looking at version 1.20.3,
> patch looks already applied.
> 
> Vulnerability looks introduced by commit
> https://github.com/expressjs/body-parser/commit/f27f2ced

Looks indeed right, I just have updated the tracking information on
security-tracker side.

Regards,
Salvatore