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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1yYzQ3LTY2NjctMmo1as4AAxS-

http-cache-semantics vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service

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.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rc47-6667-2j5j
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: about 1 year ago
Updated: 10 months ago

CVSS Score: 7.5
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Identifiers: GHSA-rc47-6667-2j5j, CVE-2022-25881
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25881
• https://github.com/kornelski/http-cache-semantics/blob/master/index.js%23L83
• https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-3253332
• https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-HTTPCACHESEMANTICS-3248783
• https://github.com/kornelski/http-cache-semantics/commit/560b2d8ef452bbba20ffed69dc155d63ac757b74
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230622-0008/
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rc47-6667-2j5j

Repository: https://github.com/kornelski/http-cache-semantics
Blast Radius: 46.9

Affected Packages