# CVE-2024-27983: An attacker can make the Node.js HTTP/2 server completely unavailable by sending a small amount of HTTP/2 frames packets with a few HTTP/2 f

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 18.20.1, 20.12.1, 21.7.2
- Published: 2024-04-09 · Updated: 2025-11-04

## Affected

- NodeJS Node: from 4.0; from 5.0; from 6.0; from 7.0; from 8.0; from 9.0; from 10.0; from 11.0; from 12.0; from 13.0; from 14.0; from 15.0; from 16.0; from 17.0; from 18.0, fixed in 18.20.1; from 19.0; from 20.0, fixed in 20.12.1; from 21.0, fixed in 21.7.2

## Description

An attacker can make the Node.js HTTP/2 server completely unavailable by sending a small amount of HTTP/2 frames packets with a few HTTP/2 frames inside. It is possible to leave some data in nghttp2 memory after reset when headers with HTTP/2 CONTINUATION frame are sent to the server and then a TCP connection is abruptly closed by the client triggering the Http2Session destructor while header frames are still being processed (and stored in memory) causing a race condition.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Node.js, upgrade to a fixed version (18.20.1, 20.12.1, 21.7.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://hackerone.com/reports/2319584
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JDECX4BYZLMM4S4LALN4DPZ2HUTTPLKE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YDVFUH7ACZPYB3BS4SVILNOY7NQU73VW/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/03/16
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240510-0002/
- https://github.com/lirantal/CVE-2024-27983-nodejs-http2

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