CVE-2022-25918 Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

2022-10-2705:05:09

snyk

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package shescape

redos

escape function

index.js

insecure regex

CVSS3

5.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

58.9%

JSON

The package shescape from 1.5.10 and before 1.6.1 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the escape function in index.js, due to the usage of insecure regex in the escapeArgBash function.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "product": "shescape",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "1.5.10",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThan": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThan": "1.6.1",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]