CVE-2021-32053
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in JPA Server in HAPI FHIR
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.45%
Description
JPA Server in HAPI FHIR before 5.4.0 allows a user to deny service (e.g., disable access to the database after the attack stops) via history requests. This occurs because of a SELECT COUNT statement that requires a full index scan, with an accompanying large amount of server resources if there are many simultaneous history requests.
How to fix CVE-2021-32053
To remediate CVE-2021-32053, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 5.4.0 or later
Is CVE-2021-32053 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 5.4.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |