CVE catalog
CVE-2024-43796
Express vulnerabilities
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.49% · Oct 25, 2026
Express.js minimalist web framework for node. In express < 4.20.0, passing untrusted user input - even after sanitizing it - to response.redirect() may execute untrusted code. This issue is patched in express 4.20.0.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-express | sid | 5.2.1+~cs12.3.9-1 | fixed |
| Debian | node-express | forky | 5.2.1+~cs12.3.9-1 | fixed |
| Debian | node-express | trixie | 4.21.2+~cs8.36.27-2 | fixed |
| Debian | node-express | bookworm | 4.18.2+~4.17.14-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-express | noble | Not reported | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-express | noble | 4.19.2+~cs8.36.21-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Npm | express | Not reported | 5.0.0 | fixed |
| Npm | express | Not reported | 5.0.0 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | node-express | pro | 4.18.2+~cs8.34.50-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-express | pro | 4.19.2+~cs8.36.21-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-express | pro | 4.19.2+~cs8.36.21-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-express | source | sid | 4.21.0+~cs8.36.26-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1081481] |
| Debian | node-express | source | forky | 4.21.0+~cs8.36.26-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1081481] |
| Debian | node-express | source | trixie | 4.21.0+~cs8.36.26-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1081481] |
| Debian | node-express | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1081481] |
| Ubuntu | node-express | deb | noble | 4.19.2+~cs8.36.21-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Npm | express | npm | Not reported | 5.0.0 | Not reported | GHSA-QW6H-VGH9-J6WX | Not reported |
| Npm | express | npm | Not reported | 5.0.0 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | node-express | deb | pro | 4.19.2+~cs8.36.21-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43796 | Not reported |
Notes
[bookworm] node-express: Minor issue
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [node-express]Affected
Details (2)
4.18.2+~4.17.14-1· all · bookwormAffected
usn · node-express · debian · bookworm; usn · node-express · debian · 12
4.18.2+~4.17.14-1· all · bookwormAffected
usn · node-express · debian · bookworm; usn · node-express · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [node-express]Fixed
Details (2)
4.21.2+~cs8.36.27-2· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.21.0+~cs8.36.26-1usn · node-express · debian · 13
4.21.2+~cs8.36.27-2· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.21.0+~cs8.36.26-1usn · node-express · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-43796]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-qw6h-vgh9-j6wx]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43796]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-43796]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2024/cve-2024-43796.json]
- [https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7581-1]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2025/wid-sec-w-2025-1559.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)]