CVE-2013-4450

Nodejs - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2013-4450. PoCs published by Marek Majkowski, titanous, joev, including Metasploit module auxiliary/dos/http/nodejs_pipelining.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This Metasploit module exploits a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Node.js HTTP parser by sending pipelined HTTP requests to trigger unbounded memory allocation. It targets versions before 0.10.21 and 0.8.26.

Description

The HTTP server in Node.js 0.10.x before 0.10.21 and 0.8.x before 0.8.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) by sending a large number of pipelined requests without reading the response.

Exploits (1)

metasploit WORKING POC
by Marek Majkowski, titanous, joev · rubypoc
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/dos/http/nodejs_pipelining.rb

This Metasploit module exploits a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Node.js HTTP parser by sending pipelined HTTP requests to trigger unbounded memory allocation. It targets versions before 0.10.21 and 0.8.26.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Node.js versions before 0.10.21 and 0.8.26
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target Node.js server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10783
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1842.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00051.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/20/1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63229
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/joyent/node/issues/6214

Scores

EPSS 0.6871
EPSS Percentile 98.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (47)
nodejs/nodejs 0.8.0
nodejs/nodejs 0.8.1
nodejs/nodejs 0.8.2
nodejs/nodejs 0.8.3
nodejs/nodejs 0.8.4
nodejs/nodejs 0.8.5
nodejs/nodejs 0.8.6
nodejs/nodejs 0.8.7
nodejs/nodejs 0.8.8
nodejs/nodejs 0.8.9
... and 37 more
Published Oct 21, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026