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CVE-2019-5739

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 5.05%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-03-28 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2019-5739
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
5.05%

Original NVD Description

Keep-alive HTTP and HTTPS connections can remain open and inactive for up to 2 minutes in Node.js 6.16.0 and earlier. Node.js 8.0.0 introduced a dedicated server.keepAliveTimeout which defaults to 5 seconds. The behavior in Node.js 6.16.0 and earlier is a potential Denial of Service (DoS) attack vector. Node.js 6.17.0 introduces server.keepAliveTimeout and the 5-second default.

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