Medium

Denial of Service in http-live-simulator

  • Disclosed: 03.09.2020
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Versions of http-live-simulator prior to 1.0.8 are vulnerable to Denial of Service. The package fails to catch an exception that causes the Node process to crash, effectively shutting down the server. This allows an attacker to send an HTTP request that crashes the server.

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 1.0.8 or later.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package http-live-simulator < 1.0.8 1.0.8

References

CVSS score -
Weakness (CWE)
-
Platform
npm
Package
http-live-simulator
Disclosed
03.09.2020
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-xgp2-cc4r-7vf6 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: http-live-simulator

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
3
First → latest
02.2019 09.2020
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 2
  • Medium 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2019: 2
  2. 2020: 1
  3. 2021: 0
  4. 2022: 0
  5. 2023: 0
  6. 2024: 0
  7. 2025: 0
  8. 2026: 0
  1. Denial of Service in http-live-simulator this entry
    Medium ghsa-xgp2-cc4r-7vf6 < 1.0.8 1.0.8
  2. High CVE-2019-5423 < 1.0.6 1.0.6
  3. High CVE-2018-16479 < 1.0.7 1.0.7

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