High, CVSS 7.5npmAmendedPublished
Improper Input Validation in is-email
CVE-2021-36716 · GHSA-j377-2x76-558h
- Affected
- npm is-email < 1.0.1
- Fixed in
- 1.0.1· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- is-email helps validate an email address. A ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) flaw was found in the Segment is-email package before 1.0.1 for Node.js. An attacker that is able to provide crafted input to the isEmail(input) function may cause an application to consume an excessive amount of CPU.
Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.0.1 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.