Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting node-css-what package, versions <2.1.0-1+deb10u1build0.18.04.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.9% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-NODECSSWHAT-3037599
  • published30 Sept 2022
  • disclosed30 Sept 2022

Introduced: 30 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-21222  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1333  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 node-css-what to version 2.1.0-1+deb10u1build0.18.04.1 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:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The package css-what before 2.1.3 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to the usage of insecure regular expression in the re_attr variable of index.js. The exploitation of this vulnerability could be triggered via the parse function.

CVSS Base Scores

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