GHSA-cqjg-whmm-8gv6
HIGHGHSA-cqjg-whmm-8gv6 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in hapi. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-cqjg-whmm-8gv6 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
Denial of Service via malformed accept-encoding header in hapi
Real-World Exposure
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, a proxy for how much of the ecosystem is exposed.
hapinpmDescription
Affected versions of hapi will crash or lock the event loop when a malformed accept-encoding header is recieved.
Recommendation
Update to version 16.1.1 or later.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | hapi | ≥ 15.0.0&&< 16.1.1 | 16.1.1 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for hapi. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update hapi to 16.1.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-cqjg-whmm-8gv6 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-cqjg-whmm-8gv6 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-cqjg-whmm-8gv6. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-cqjg-whmm-8gv6 in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-cqjg-whmm-8gv6 across npm dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.