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CVE-2020-8123 — strapi-admin

MEDIUMFix: strapi/strapi@c0c191c

CVE-2020-8123 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.9) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in strapi-admin. 1 public exploit reference exists, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for strapi-admin — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in strapi

Also known asGHSA-23fp-fmrv-f5px
Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
1 known
Exploitation data as of Oct 11, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
1.1%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs66th percentile — riskier than 66% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.10%0.62%1.13%1.65%0.6%1.1%Apr 26Aug 26Oct 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

CVE-2020-8123 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.

Where this sits among everything scored

Of 385,738 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected

How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, a proxy for how much of the ecosystem is exposed.

strapi-adminnpm
9Kdownloads / week

Description

A denial of service exists in strapi v3.0.0-beta.18.3 and earlier that can be abused in the admin console using admin rights can lead to arbitrary restart of the application.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npmstrapi-adminall versions3.0.0-beta.18.4npm install strapi-admin@3.0.0-beta.18.4

Affected Products

1 product · 98 configurations
Application
strapistrapi
< 3.0.0
1 version
3.0.0
Exploits & PoCs
1

Research use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.

A denial of service exists in strapi v3.0.0-beta.18.3 and earlier that c…

hackerone.comNVDFeb 2020

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for strapi-admin, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update strapi-admin to 3.0.0-beta.18.4 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2020-8123 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Cap what an attacker can consume: apply request size, rate and timeout limits in front of the affected component, and run it with memory and CPU limits so exhaustion degrades one worker rather than the whole service.

Frequently Asked Questions

A denial of service exists in strapi v3.0.0-beta.18.3 and earlier that can be abused in the admin console using admin rights can lead to arbitrary restart of the application.
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