CVE-2021-33587 Affecting node-css-what package, versions <2.1.0-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.04% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-NODECSSWHAT-1614701
  • published12 Jul 2025
  • disclosed28 May 2021

Introduced: 28 May 2021

CVE-2021-33587  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 node-css-what to version 2.1.0-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream node-css-what package and not the node-css-what package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The css-what package 4.0.0 through 5.0.0 for Node.js does not ensure that attribute parsing has Linear Time Complexity relative to the size of the input.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1