Unratedamended

Denial of Service in subtext

What to do

Vendor response not established. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.

This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.

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Affected packages

npm subtext
Affected
every version
Fixed in
no fixed version recorded

Sources

Open Source Vulnerabilities (OSV.dev), including the GitHub Advisory Database
OSV record GHSA-2mvq-xp48-4c77 lists affected ranges: npm subtext >=0.0.0
VerifiedObserved 24 Oct 2026, 04:13 UTCStructured OSV record; GitHub-reviewed advisory.
GitHub Advisory Database and maintainer security advisories on GitHub
GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-2mvq-xp48-4c77 lists affected ranges: npm subtext >=0.0.0
VerifiedObserved 26 Oct 2026, 12:08 UTCStructured GitHub Advisory Database record (type=reviewed) from the GitHub REST API.

Severity and exploitation

Exploitation: No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS: not scored
EPSS: No dated EPSS signal available.

Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

All versions of subtext are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). The package fails to enforce the maxBytes configuration for payloads with chunked encoding that are written to the file system. This allows attackers to send requests with arbitrary payload sizes, which may exhaust system resources leading to Denial of Service. Recommendation This package is not actively maintained and has been moved to @hapi/subtext where version 6.1.2.

Dates and revisions

Published by the source: 3 Sep 2020, 20:35 UTC
Last modified by the source: 9 Jan 2023, 05:03 UTC
Source last checked: 26 Oct 2026, 12:08 UTC

Revision 2 · amended · 26 Oct 2026
Amended from ghsa record GHSA-2mvq-xp48-4c77
Revision 1 · created · 24 Oct 2026
Published from osv record GHSA-2mvq-xp48-4c77

Agent brief

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# Patch Next advisory brief: GHSA-2mvq-xp48-4c77

Advisory: Denial of Service in subtext
IDs: GHSA-2mvq-xp48-4c77
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/ghsa-2mvq-xp48-4c77 (revision 2, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 12:08 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Unrated
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- npm subtext: affected every version

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `npm ls subtext --all`: lists every installed copy and version, including transitive ones. Run in the project root after `npm ci`.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on subtext.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-2mvq-xp48-4c77 (OSV record GHSA-2mvq-xp48-4c77 lists affected ranges: npm subtext >=0.0.0)
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2mvq-xp48-4c77 (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-2mvq-xp48-4c77 lists affected ranges: npm subtext >=0.0.0)

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