CVE-2023-49800

Denial of service by abusing `fetchOptions.retry` in nuxt-api-party

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: December 8, 2023 at 11:41 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:36 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNuxt API Party

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%

Description

`nuxt-api-party` is an open source module to proxy API requests. The library allows the user to send many options directly to `ofetch`. There is no filter on which options are available. We can abuse the retry logic to cause the server to crash from a stack overflow. fetchOptions are obtained directly from the request body. A malicious user can construct a URL known to not fetch successfully, then set the retry attempts to a high value, this will cause a stack overflow as ofetch error handling works recursively resulting in a denial of service. This issue has been addressed in version 0.22.1. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should limit ofetch options.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 0.21.3v < 0.22.1
Affected range stops below 0.22.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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CVSS

7.5HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400CWE-674CWE-787

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