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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLXF4MmYtNDc3Yy0zNXJx
method-override ReDoS when untrusted user input passed into X-HTTP-Method-Override header
Affected versions of method-override are vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service vulnerability when untrusted user input is passed into the X-HTTP-Method-Override header.
Recommendation
Update to version 2.3.10 or later
Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qx2f-477c-35rqJSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLXF4MmYtNDc3Yy0zNXJx
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: over 6 years ago
Updated: about 1 year ago
CVSS Score: 7.5
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Identifiers: GHSA-qx2f-477c-35rq, CVE-2017-16136
References:
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16136
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/538
- https://github.com/expressjs/method-override/commit/4c58835a61fdf7a8e070d6f8ecd5379a961d0987
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qx2f-477c-35rq
Blast Radius: 41.4
Affected Packages
npm:method-override
Dependent packages: 1,489Dependent repositories: 335,394
Downloads: 4,192,628 last month
Affected Version Ranges: >= 2.0.0, < 2.3.10, = 1.0.2
Fixed in: 2.3.10, 2.3.10
All affected versions: 1.0.2, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.2.0, 2.3.0, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.3, 2.3.4, 2.3.5, 2.3.6, 2.3.7, 2.3.8, 2.3.9
All unaffected versions: 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 2.3.10, 3.0.0