6.5

CVE-2024-24750: nodejs undici Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-24750GHSA-9f24-jqhm-jfcw
Published 16-02-2024Last modified 13-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-24750 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in nodejs undici. EPSS estimates a 0.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.70%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 16-02-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Undici is an HTTP/1.1 client, written from scratch for Node.js. In affected versions calling `fetch(url)` and not consuming the incoming body ((or consuming it very slowing) will lead to a memory leak. This issue has been addressed in version 6.6.1. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should make sure to always consume the incoming body.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.70%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

52%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.70% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.70%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Nodejs1 product
Npm1 product
  • undici≥ 6.0.0, < 6.6.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • node-undiciAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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