cve 2024 43796

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CVE-2024-43796 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Node.js web framework Express, affecting versions prior to 4.20.0 and certain pre-release 5.x alphas. The flaw allows untrusted user input passed to response.redirect() to execute malicious scripts. Microsoft's Azure Linux has been attested as potentially affected because it includes the vulnerable open-source library. This tag covers discussions about the vulnerability's impact on Azure Linux, the scope of Microsoft's attestation, and the need for defenders to verify other Microsoft-distributed images and runtimes for the same vulnerable component.

  1. Azure Linux attestation and CVE-2024-43796: navigating the Express risk

    Microsoft’s brief product attestation — that “Azure Linux includes this open‑source library and is therefore potentially affected” — is a precise, product‑scoped inventory statement, not a technical guarantee that no other Microsoft product could include the same vulnerable component; defenders...
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