cve-2020-15168
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-09-10 18:25
Modified
2024-08-04 13:08
Severity ?
2.6 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Summary
File size limit bypass in node-fetch
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/node-fetch/node-fetch/security/advisories/GHSA-w7rc-rwvf-8q5rThird Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://www.npmjs.com/package/node-fetchProduct, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
node-fetchnode-fetch
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