What the vulnerability does

01Description

https-proxy-agent before 2.1.1 passes auth option to the Buffer constructor without proper sanitization, resulting in DoS and uninitialized memory leak in setups where an attacker could submit typed input to the 'auth' parameter (e.g. JSON).

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 7, 2018 CVE published
September 17, 2024 Record updated