Medium, CVSS 4.3npmAmendedPublished
Regular expression Denial of Service in @progfay/scrapbox-parser
CVE-2021-27405 · GHSA-9fhw-r42p-5c7r
- Affected
- npm @progfay/scrapbox-parser < 6.0.3; >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.2
- Fixed in
- 6.0.37.0.2· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- Impact A Regular expression Denial of Service flaw was found in the @progfay/scrapbox-parser package before 6.0.3, 7.0.2 for Node.js. The attacker that is able to be parsed a specially crafted text may cause the application to consume an excessive amount of CPU. Patches Upgrade to version 6.0.3, 7.0.2 or later. Workarounds Avoid to parse text with a lot of chars. References https://github.com/progfay/scrapbox-parser/pull/519 https://github.com/progfay/scrapbox-parser/pull/539 https://github.com/progfay/scrapbox-parser/pull/540 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2021-27405 https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PROGFAYSCRAPBOXPARSER-1076803 For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: Open an issue in github.com/progfay/scrapbox-parser
Recommended action: Upgrade to 7.0.2 or 6.0.3 by release line, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.