Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) Affecting validator package, versions [,3.22.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DOTNET-VALIDATOR-60217
  • published6 Nov 2015
  • disclosed6 Nov 2015
  • creditKarl Düüna

Introduced: 6 Nov 2015

CVE-2014-8882  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Update to version 3.22.1 or greater.

Overview

The validator module, versions < 3.22.1 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS).

Source: Node Security Project

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1