# CVE-2019-5739: Keep-alive HTTP and HTTPS connections can remain open and inactive for up to 2 minutes in Node.js 6.16.0 and earlier.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-03-28 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Node.js: All versions prior to 6.17.0

## Description

Keep-alive HTTP and HTTPS connections can remain open and inactive for up to 2 minutes in Node.js 6.16.0 and earlier. Node.js 8.0.0 introduced a dedicated server.keepAliveTimeout which defaults to 5 seconds. The behavior in Node.js 6.16.0 and earlier is a potential Denial of Service (DoS) attack vector. Node.js 6.17.0 introduces server.keepAliveTimeout and the 5-second default.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Node.js, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2019-security-releases/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00041.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00046.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190502-0008/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48

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