CVE-2018-3711

CVE-2018-3711 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Fastify Node.js module prior to version 0.38.0. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger this vulnerability by sending a request with "Content-Type: application/json" and an excessively large payload, leading to resource exhaustion. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a severe impact on availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the potential for a denial-of-service attack remains.