Resource Exhaustion Affecting node-ssri package, versions <5.2.4-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.71% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-NODESSRI-11762268
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed4 Mar 2018

Introduced: 4 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-7651  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 node-ssri to version 5.2.4-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream node-ssri package and not the node-ssri package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

index.js in the ssri module before 5.2.2 for Node.js is prone to a regular expression denial of service vulnerability in strict mode functionality via a long base64 hash string.