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CVE-2022-24999

INDEX BUILT · 2026-09-20

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qs before 6.10.3, as used in Express before 4.17.3 and other products, allows attackers to cause a Node process hang for an Express application…

CVE-2022-249993 of 4 sources documented this
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rank 44 = 17 + 19 + 0 + 8 + 0

rank@v1 · scheduled

Someone is already using it

CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS

EPSS 0.15064  ·  without this subject the record ranks 27

What it costs you if it fires

NVD CVSS base score, then the CNA's own

CVSS 7.5, from NVD  ·  without this subject the record ranks 25

It is getting worse, not staying still

FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed

no persisting rise in 365 days  ·  without this subject the record ranks 44

How much of the world it touches

NVD CPE configurations

11 products in the CPE ranges  ·  without this subject the record ranks 36

Someone else already set the date

CISA KEV remediation due date

no CISA due date  ·  without this subject the record ranks 44

Unaudited dollar value2 of 3 inputs carry a receipt
Exposure$460,000over the next 30 days, if this record is yours
Movement-$559,000on 2025-11-21, the last material move, 9 months before this reading
Basisassumeda published average, not your estate

$460,000 = $4.99M incident cost x 0.6121449559255632 exposure x 0.15064 likelihood

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Hindsight · the state

0.15064EPSSNOT IN KEVas of 2026-09-20
Severity7.5 HIGHreceipt
Harmunauthenticated · networkreceipt
Exploitationpublic proof-of-conceptreceipt
Defenseunaffected versions publishedreceipt
Movementdoubled within 72hreceipt
PLATEAU10Minimal movement since 2026-06-15, 83 days at 0.15, as of 2026-09-06. arc-rules@v1

Foresight · where to check next

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Reachnetwork-reachable · no privileges required · no user interaction · low attack complexityreceipt
ImpactComplete availability lossreceipt
Scored fromCVSS v3.1 · NVD's vectorreceipt
Weakness classCWE-1321 Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')receipt
Published consequencesCWE-1321: Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability: Read Application Data, Modify Application Data; Availability: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart[email protected]

CISA KEV & Federal Remediation Deadline from the record and CISA

The fix, and how long it's been waiting.

First unaffected version, by branchexpress 4.17.3; project qs 6.10.3; project qs 6.2.4; project qs 6.3.3; project qs 6.5.3; project qs 6.7.3receipt
Patch available sinceNo dated patch-availability record in held sources. The index holds reference URLs without dates and only the current revision of the CVE record, so the day a fix first existed cannot be derived. Only the versions it landed in.

Exploit Status & Known PoCs a ladder, not a score

Current rung: Proof-of-concept published · 1 public repository, 2022-04-18.

  • RUNG 1Nothing observed in held sources
  • RUNG 2Proof-of-concept published · 1 public repository2022-04-18receipt
  • RUNG 3Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed
  • RUNG 4Ransomware campaign use known

Authority who says so

CVSS, NVD7.5 HIGHreceipt
Exploit probability0.15064 · top 3% of all CVEsreceipt
Blast breadth3 products across 3 vendorsderived
Assigned bymitrereceipt
Recorded changes92 · last 19 Sep 2026derived

Affected & Fixed Versions as published

Named in the CPE rangesOpenjsf express; Qs project qs; Debian linuxreceipt
Published rangesqs project qs < 6.2.4; qs project qs >= 6.3.0 < 6.3.3; qs project qs >= 6.5.0 < 6.5.3; qs project qs >= 6.7.0 < 6.7.3receipt
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qs project qs < 6.2.4
qs project qs >= 6.3.0 < 6.3.3
qs project qs >= 6.5.0 < 6.5.3
qs project qs >= 6.7.0 < 6.7.3
qs project qs >= 6.8.0 < 6.8.3
qs project qs >= 6.9.0 < 6.9.7
qs project qs >= 6.10.0 < 6.10.3
qs project qs 6.4.0
qs project qs 6.6.0
openjsf express < 4.17.3
debian linux 10.0

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What it is stated by the CNA

qs before 6.10.3, as used in Express before 4.17.3 and other products, allows attackers to cause a Node process hang for an Express application because an __ proto__ key can be used. In many typical Express use cases, an unauthenticated remote attacker can place the attack payload in the query string of the URL that is used to visit the application, such as a[__proto__]=b&a[__proto__]&a[length]=100000000. The fix was backported to qs 6.9.7, 6.8.3, 6.7.3, 6.6.1, 6.5.3, 6.4.1, 6.3.3, and 6.2.4 (and therefore Express 4.17.3, which has "deps: [email protected]" in its release description, is not vulnerable). receipt

NVD's analysis a second authority

severity
7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
weakness
CWE-1321
affected versions
qs project qs < 6.2.4; qs project qs >= 6.3.0 < 6.3.3; qs project qs >= 6.5.0 < 6.5.3; and 8 more, listed in full below
also scored by
7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

check it yourself github.com github.com github.com lists.debian.org security.netapp.com receipt

Dated events

2023-03-07EPSS moved 0.07 to 0.002025-11-18EPSS moved 0.03 to 0.212026-06-15EPSS moved 0.02 to 0.15

Movement the material steps

27 Nov 20220.01412
7 Mar 20230.00215 · scoring model v2023.03.01
17 Mar 20250.01713 · scoring model v2025.03.14
18 Nov 20250.21425 · crossed 0.10
21 Nov 20250.03115 · crossed 0.10
15 Jun 20260.14663 · crossed 0.10 · scoring model v2026.06.15
6 Sep 20260.15064

This score more than doubled inside 72 hours. Both observations are in the full history below.

Show all 89 observations
27 Nov 20220.01412
29 Nov 20220.05736
31 Jan 20230.07176
7 Mar 20230.00215
8 Jul 20230.00218
9 Sep 20230.00361
27 Oct 20230.00437
3 Dec 20230.00695
29 Dec 20230.00835
2 Mar 20240.00877
18 Jun 20240.01013
3 Jul 20240.01414
17 Jul 20240.01947
17 Dec 20240.01396
17 Mar 20250.01713
19 Mar 20250.05381
20 Mar 20250.01671
21 Mar 20250.02567
22 Mar 20250.01671
26 Mar 20250.02567
27 Mar 20250.05381
28 Mar 20250.01671
29 Mar 20250.04706
30 Mar 20250.01671
5 Apr 20250.02567
6 Apr 20250.01671
11 Apr 20250.02567
12 Apr 20250.01671
15 Apr 20250.03001
16 Apr 20250.02928
17 Apr 20250.02664
1 May 20250.04063
4 May 20250.02664
7 May 20250.02975
15 May 20250.03424
19 May 20250.03538
20 May 20250.03116
21 May 20250.03395
1 Jun 20250.05114
4 Jun 20250.03395
19 Jun 20250.03756
1 Jul 20250.05645
4 Jul 20250.03756
7 Jul 20250.03115
1 Aug 20250.04701
4 Aug 20250.03115
14 Aug 20250.03888
17 Aug 20250.03115
22 Aug 20250.03424
1 Sep 20250.05157
4 Sep 20250.04701
5 Sep 20250.03115
14 Sep 20250.03422
16 Sep 20250.03115
25 Sep 20250.03422
1 Oct 20250.05715
4 Oct 20250.03422
8 Oct 20250.03115
1 Nov 20250.05217
4 Nov 20250.03115
18 Nov 20250.21425
21 Nov 20250.03115
27 Nov 20250.03431
28 Nov 20250.02555
1 Dec 20250.04303
4 Dec 20250.02555
14 Dec 20250.02954
19 Dec 20250.03245
1 Jan 20260.0543
4 Jan 20260.03245
10 Jan 20260.02997
11 Jan 20260.03471
18 Jan 20260.01052
28 Jan 20260.01422
1 Feb 20260.02421
4 Feb 20260.01422
18 Feb 20260.01052
22 Feb 20260.01422
1 Mar 20260.02421
3 Mar 20260.02623
4 Mar 20260.01543
21 Mar 20260.01937
23 Mar 20260.01543
27 Mar 20260.01142
9 Apr 20260.01543
21 Apr 20260.01142
3 May 20260.01543
15 Jun 20260.14663
6 Sep 20260.15064

89 observations held. A highlighted step crossed a promotion threshold. A step marked with a scoring model moved because the instrument was replaced, not because the vulnerability changed. receipt

The full biography

EPSS 0.15064Public PoC2022-04-18Published2022-11-26Index as of2026-09-06

Exploit probability more than doubled between 2022-11-27 and 2022-11-29 (0.01412 → 0.05736) and the record had been public for 3 years, 9 months when this index was last written.

Public PoC 2022-04-18 receipt · Published 2022-11-26 receipt · Index as of 2026-09-06 derived

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