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Security checkNovember 27, 2023

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in strapi

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Medium severitynpmstrapi-admin

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Description

A denial of service exists in strapi v3.0.0-beta.18.3 and earlier that can be abused in the admin console using admin rights can lead to arbitrary restart of the application.

Recommendation

Update the strapi-admin package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): <= 3.0.0-beta.18.3
  • Patched version(s): 3.0.0-beta.18.4

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