superagent vulnerable to zip bomb attacks
Affected versions of superagent do not check the post-decompression size of ZIP compressed HTTP responses prior to decompressing. This results in the package being vulnerable to a ZIP bomb attack, where an extremely small ZIP file becomes many orders of magnitude larger when decompressed.
This may result in unrestrained CPU/Memory/Disk consumption, causing a denial of service condition.
Recommendation
Update to version 3.7.0 or later.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm package | superagent | < 3.7.0 | 3.7.0 |
References
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-400, CWE-409- Platform
- npm
- Package
superagent- Disclosed
- 09.08.2018
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-8225-6cvr-8pqp - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: superagent
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This is the only known vulnerability of this package.
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