Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting nodejs-bson package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-NODEJSBSON-9894628
- published29 Apr 2025
- disclosed27 Feb 2018
Introduced: 27 Feb 2018
CVE-2018-13863 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 nodejs-bson.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs-bson package and not the nodejs-bson package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
The MongoDB bson JavaScript module (also known as js-bson) versions 0.5.0 to 1.0.x before 1.0.5 is vulnerable to a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in lib/bson/decimal128.js. The flaw is triggered when the Decimal128.fromString() function is called to parse a long untrusted string.