CVE-2021-27290

April 9, 2021

ssri 5.2.2-8.0.0, fixed in 8.0.1, processes SRIs using a regular expression which is vulnerable to a denial of service. Malicious SRIs could take an extremely long time to process, leading to denial of service. This issue only affects consumers using the strict option.

Summary:

ssri 5.2.2-8.0.0, fixed in 8.0.1, processes SRIs using a regular expression which is vulnerable to a denial of service. Malicious SRIs could take an extremely long time to process, leading to denial of service. This issue only affects consumers using the strict option.

Reference Links(if available):

  • https://doyensec.com/resources/Doyensec_Advisory_ssri_redos.pdf
  • https://npmjs.com
  • https://github.com/yetingli/SaveResults/blob/main/pdf/ssri-redos.pdf

  • CVSS Score (if available)

    v2: / MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

    v3: / HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

    Links to Exploits(if available)

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