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High · 8.7 CVE-2025-67731 EUVD-2025-202768GHSA-qgc4-8p88-4w7m

Servify Express does not enforce rate limiting when parsing JSON

Published Dec 12, 2025 · Updated Dec 12, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Servify Express is a Node.js package to start an Express server and log the port it's running on. Prior to 1.2, the Express server used express.json() without a size limit, which could allow attackers to send extremely large request bodies. This can cause excessive memory usage, degraded performance, or process crashes, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). Any application using the JSON parser without limits and exposed to untrusted clients is affected. The issue is not a flaw in Express itself, but in configuration. This issue is fixed in version 1.2. To work around, consider adding a limit option to the JSON parser, rate limiting at the application or reverse-proxy level, rejecting unusually large requests before parsing, or using a reverse proxy (such as NGINX) to enforce maximum request body sizes.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Aarondoran servify-express < 1.2 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm servify-express < 1.2 1.2 GHSA-qgc4-8p88-4w7m

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