What is GHSA-8r4g-cg4m-x23c?

GHSA-8r4g-cg4m-x23c is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Denial of Service in node-static

Why does GHSA-8r4g-cg4m-x23c have no CVE ID yet?

GitHub Security Advisories published this advisory directly to customers before NVD assigned a CVE ID. This is the embargo-window disclosure pattern — vendors notify customers on day 0; NVD's public record follows days to weeks later.

Which products are affected by GHSA-8r4g-cg4m-x23c?

GHSA-8r4g-cg4m-x23c affects 1 product, including: npm/node-static:\u003c= 0.7.11.

GHSA-8r4g-cg4m-x23cMediumDisclosed before NVD

Denial of Service in node-static

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 22, 2021

Last Modified

October 3, 2025

📋 Description

All versions of node-static are vulnerable to a Denial of Service. The package fails to catch an exception when user input includes null bytes. This allows attackers to access http://host/%00 and crash the server.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/node-static:<= 0.7.11

🔗 References (6)

https://github.com/cloudhead/node-static/pull/213
https://github.com/cloudhead/node-static/blob/643a528ec7bbd05a59c4030655d94810570afb3f/CHANGES.md#-unreleased
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11149
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/pull/6248
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NODESTATIC-1297183
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8r4g-cg4m-x23c