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GHSA-qgc4-8p88-4w7m

Servify-express rate limit issue

Quick fix

GHSA-qgc4-8p88-4w7m — servify-express: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install servify-express@1.2

Details

### Impact The Express server uses `express.json()` without a size limit, which can allow attackers to send extremely large request bodies. This may lead to excessive memory usage, degraded performance, or process crashes, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). Any application using the JSON parser without limits and exposed to untrusted clients is affected.

### Patches This issue is not a flaw in Express itself but in configuration. Users should set a request-size limit when enabling the JSON body parser. For example: `app.use(express.json({ limit: "100kb" }));`

### Workarounds Users can mitigate the issue without upgrading by: - Adding a `limit` option to the JSON parser - Implementing rate limiting at the application or reverse-proxy level - Rejecting unusually large requests before parsing - Using a reverse proxy (such as NGINX) to enforce maximum request body sizes

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Affected packages

npm/servify-express
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.2
Fixnpm install servify-express@1.2

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