CVE-2020-7754 – npm-user-validate

Package

Manager: npm
Name: npm-user-validate
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <1.0.1

Severity

Level: High

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.0163 pctl0.81172

Details

Regular expression denial of service in npm-user-validate This affects the package npm-user-validate before 1.0.1. The regex that validates user emails took exponentially longer to process long input strings beginning with @ characters.

Metadata

Created: 2021-05-10T19:08:15Z
Modified: 2021-04-20T17:21:44Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/05/GHSA-pw54-mh39-w3hc/GHSA-pw54-mh39-w3hc.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-400"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-pw54-mh39-w3hc
Finding: F002
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