# CVE-2024-45590

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2024-45590
- **Severity:** HIGH
- **CVSS Score:** 7.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
- **CWE:** CWE-405
- **Published:** Sep 10, 2024
- **Last Modified:** Mar 13, 2026

## Description

body-parser is Node.js body parsing middleware. body-parser <1.20.3 is vulnerable to denial of service when url encoding is enabled. A malicious actor using a specially crafted payload could flood the server with a large number of requests, resulting in denial of service. This issue is patched in 1.20.3.

## Affected Products

- expressjs — body-parser (< 1.20.3)

## References

- [CNA](https://github.com/expressjs/body-parser/security/advisories/GHSA-qwcr-r2fm-qrc7)
- [CNA](https://github.com/expressjs/body-parser/commit/b2695c4450f06ba3b0ccf48d872a229bb41c9bce)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.82%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 55.8

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-20._