body-parser vulnerable to denial of service when invalid limit value silently disables size enforcement

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-12590
StatePUBLISHED
Assigneropenjs
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-07-09 11:16:24 UTC
Updated2026-07-09 16:39:17 UTC
DescriptionImpact: In body-parser versions prior to 1.20.6 (1.x line) and 2.3.0 (2.x line), when the parser is configured with an invalid limit option value such as an unparseable string or NaN, bytes.parse returns null and the request body size check is silently skipped. Applications that rely on limit as their primary safeguard against oversized request bodies will accept arbitrarily large payloads, leading to excessive memory and CPU usage and denial of service. Patches: This issue is fixed in body-parser 1.20.6 and 2.3.0. After the fix, invalid limit values throw a clear error at parser construction time instead of silently disabling enforcement, while null and undefined continue to fall back to the default limit of 100kb. Workarounds: Validate the limit value before passing it to body-parser. For example, parse the value at startup and reject any configuration where the result is null or a non-finite number.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 3.7 LOW from ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bb

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Problem Types: CWE-770 | CWE-770 CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bbSecondary3.7LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
3.1CNACVSS3.7LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Body-parser Body-parser affected 1.20.6 semver Not specified
CNA Body-parser Body-parser unaffected 1.20.6 semver Not specified
CNA Body-parser Body-parser affected 2.0.0 2.3.0 semver Not specified
CNA Body-parser Body-parser unaffected 2.3.0 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bb cna.openjsf.org
github.com/expressjs/body-parser/security/advisories/GHSA-v422-hmwv-36x6 ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bb github.com
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Phillip9587 (en)

CNA: UlisesGascon (en)

CNA: bjohansebas (en)

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