Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting nodejs:18/npm package, versions <1:9.5.0-1.18.14.2.2.module+el9.2.0.z+18497+a402347c


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-NODEJS-3641199
  • 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:9 nodejs:18/npm to version 1:9.5.0-1.18.14.2.2.module+el9.2.0.z+18497+a402347c or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:2654.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs:18/npm package and not the nodejs:18/npm package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 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