express-rate-limit is a basic rate-limiting middleware for Express. From 8.6.0 until 8.7.2, the built-in MemoryStore returns a Client whose mutable resetTime object is retained by middleware using skipFailedRequests or skipSuccessfulRequests. When a later request resets the client window, MemoryStore.resetClient mutates that same Date, so an earlier request that finishes or disconnects after the reset can pass the stale-window guard and decrement the current window's count. A client able to keep requests in flight across the boundary can obtain a bounded extra burst of up to one additional configured limit in the new window; the behavior does not increase the sustained rate. Stores that return a fresh Date are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 8.7.2.

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Description express-rate-limit is a basic rate-limiting middleware for Express. From 8.6.0 until 8.7.2, the built-in MemoryStore returns a Client whose mutable resetTime object is retained by middleware using skipFailedRequests or skipSuccessfulRequests. When a later request resets the client window, MemoryStore.resetClient mutates that same Date, so an earlier request that finishes or disconnects after the reset can pass the stale-window guard and decrement the current window's count. A client able to keep requests in flight across the boundary can obtain a bounded extra burst of up to one additional configured limit in the new window; the behavior does not increase the sustained rate. Stores that return a fresh Date are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 8.7.2.
Title express-rate-limit skipFailedRequests / skipSuccessfulRequests: with the default MemoryStore, a request from an earlier window is still un-counted from the current window
Weaknesses CWE-682
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{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

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Updated: 2026-11-12T18:47:40.963Z

Reserved: 2026-11-10T20:07:44.958Z

Link: CVE-2026-126204

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-11-12T19:16:56.713

Modified: 2026-11-12T22:09:39.233

Link: CVE-2026-126204

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Updated: 2026-11-13T01:00:09Z

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