High, CVSS 7.5MavenAmendedPublished
http-cache-semantics vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service
CVE-2022-25881 · GHSA-rc47-6667-2j5j
- Affected
- Maven org.webjars.npm:http-cache-semantics < 4.1.1
- Fixed in
- 4.1.1· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- http-cache semantics contains an Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity , leading to Denial of Service. 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.
Recommended action: Upgrade to 4.1.1 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.