CVE-2026-111181: body-parser vulnerable to Denial of Service via trailing bytes after a compressed request body
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 30/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.38% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
- Fixed version: body-parser body-parser 1.20.9, 2.4.0; azl3 python-tensorboard 2.16.2-6 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to body-parser body-parser 1.20.9, 2.4.0; azl3 python-tensorboard 2.16.2-6 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
body-parser is body parsing middleware for Node.js and Express. In versions before 1.20.9 and in versions from 2.0.0 before 2.4.0, a single request can crash any application using body-parser with default options. When a request carries a Content-Encoding such as gzip, body-parser pipes it into a decompression stream and, after reading the body, leaves that stream with no error listener. A payload of one valid compressed frame followed by trailing bytes decodes and the application responds normally, but the trailing bytes then reach the already-finished decoder, which emits an error that is re-thrown as an uncaught exception and terminates the process. No matching route is required because body parsing runs before routing, so any endpoint that parses a body is affected. The issue is fixed in body-parser 2.4.0 and 1.20.9, and users should upgrade to one of those versions or later. As a workaround, disable request-body inflation (set the body-parser inflate option to false) so encoded requests are rejected before any decompression stream is created.
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 22, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 33th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-248
Report tools
Action score
30
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · openjs
- 7.5
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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- Not in KEV: no record of exploitation in the wild
- No public exploit code on record
- A fix has been released
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What does it mean in your environment?
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (openjs). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
body-parser body-parser
- 2.4.0, 1.20.9not affected
- 2.0.0 and later · before 2.4.0affected · semver
- before 1.20.9affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | node-body-parser | from 0 | — |
| Debian:14 | node-body-parser | before 2.4.0+~1.19.6-1 | 2.4.0+~1.19.6-1 |
| npm | body-parser | from 2.0.0 · before 2.4.0 | 2.4.0 |
| npm | body-parser | before 1.20.9 | 1.20.9 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | agama-web-ui | before 25+475.275dd4727-56.1 | 25+475.275dd4727-56.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | git-bug | before 0.11.0-4.1 | 0.11.0-4.1 |
Same product
body-parser: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2025-13466body-parser vulnerable to denial of service when url encoding is used22Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| body-parser body-parser | 1.20.9 | Vendor (CNA) |
| body-parser body-parser | 2.4.0 | Vendor (CNA) |
| azl3 python-tensorboard 2.16.2-6 on Azure Linux 3.0 | Release Notes | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| debian:node-body-parser | 2.4.0+~1.19.6-1 · Debian:14 | Package registry (OSV) |
| npm:body-parser | 1.20.9 | Package registry (OSV) |
| npm:body-parser | 2.4.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:agama-web-ui | 25+475.275dd4727-56.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:git-bug | 0.11.0-4.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- Published
- Fix recordedsame day
- TodayNov 10, 2026+19 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- blue2catreporter
- UlisesGasconremediation developer
- bjohansebasremediation developer
- Phillip9587remediation reviewer
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-248 · Uncaught ExceptionCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- SSVC exploitation— → none
- Exploit maturity— → none
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.