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High severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 26, 2022· Updated Apr 29, 2025

CVE-2022-24999

CVE-2022-24999

Description

qs before 6.10.3, as used in Express before 4.17.3 and other products, allows attackers to cause a Node process hang for an Express application because an __ proto__ key can be used. In many typical Express use cases, an unauthenticated remote attacker can place the attack payload in the query string of the URL that is used to visit the application, such as a[__proto__]=b&a[__proto__]&a[length]=100000000. The fix was backported to qs 6.9.7, 6.8.3, 6.7.3, 6.6.1, 6.5.3, 6.4.1, 6.3.3, and 6.2.4 (and therefore Express 4.17.3, which has "deps: qs@6.9.7" in its release description, is not vulnerable).

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
qsnpm
>= 6.10.0, < 6.10.36.10.3
qsnpm
>= 6.9.0, < 6.9.76.9.7
qsnpm
>= 6.8.0, < 6.8.36.8.3
qsnpm
>= 6.7.0, < 6.7.36.7.3
qsnpm
>= 6.6.0, < 6.6.16.6.1
qsnpm
>= 6.5.0, < 6.5.36.5.3
qsnpm
>= 6.4.0, < 6.4.16.4.1
qsnpm
>= 6.3.0, < 6.3.36.3.3
qsnpm
< 6.2.46.2.4

Affected products

9

Patches

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