Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting nodejs:18/nodejs-full-i18n package, versions <1:18.14.2-2.module+el8.7.0+18445+9493b6ea


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-NODEJS-5424324
  • published31 Jan 2023
  • disclosed31 Jan 2023

Introduced: 31 Jan 2023

CVE-2022-25881  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1333  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 nodejs:18/nodejs-full-i18n to version 1:18.14.2-2.module+el8.7.0+18445+9493b6ea or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:1583.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs:18/nodejs-full-i18n package and not the nodejs:18/nodejs-full-i18n package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

This affects versions of the package http-cache-semantics before 4.1.1. The issue can be exploited via malicious request header values sent to a server, when that server reads the cache policy from the request using this library.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1