Security advisory

{
  "id": "8ec21491cd820ab78980d96a6a72d704ae272483431ea078bd8dd32317eddb22",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7699",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-7699",
    "summary": "This affects the package express-fileupload before 1.1.8. If the parseNested option is enabled, sending a corrupt HTTP request can lead to denial of service or arbitrary code execution.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-7699",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-7699",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-7699",
        "GHSA-9wcg-jrwf-8gg7",
        "SNYK-JS-EXPRESSFILEUPLOAD-595969"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/richardgirges/express-fileupload",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "829f3956c80936e49743d4126925a7ecb186351c"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:express-fileupload_project:express-fileupload:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.1.8"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.1.7-alpha.4",
            "1.1.7-alpha.3",
            "1.1.7-alpha.2",
            "1.1.7-alpha.1",
            "1.1.6",
            "1.1.6-alpha.6",
            "1.1.6-alpha.5",
            "1.1.6-alpha.4",
            "1.1.6-alpha.3",
            "1.1.6-alpha.1",
            "v1.1.5",
            "v1.1.4",
            "v1.1.3-alpha.2",
            "v1.1.3-alpha.1",
            "v1.1.2-alpha.1",
            "v1.1.1-alpha.4",
            "v1.1.1-alpha.3",
            "v1.1.1-alpha.2",
            "1.1.1-alpha.2",
            "v1.1.1-alpha.1",
            "v1.0.0",
            "v1.0.0-alpha.1",
            "0.4.0",
            "v0.3.0",
            "v0.2.0",
            "v0.1.5",
            "v0.1.4",
            "v0.1.3",
            "v0.1.2",
            "v0.1.1",
            "v0.1.0",
            "v0.0.7",
            "v0.0.6"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-7699.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:24.247342125Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200821-0003/",
        "https://github.com/richardgirges/express-fileupload/issues/236",
        "https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-EXPRESSFILEUPLOAD-595969"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-7699",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385294,
  "published_at": "2020-07-30T09:15:11.373+00:00"
}