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Asymmetric denial of service - ReDoS In validator

Description

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in Validator.js

Impact

Versions of validator prior to 13.7.0 are affected by an inefficient Regular Expression complexity when using the rtrim and trim sanitizers.

Patches

The problem has been patched in validator 13.7.0

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem
Component
Affected version
Patched versions

Aliases

1. NVD-2021-37652. GHSA-xx4c-jj58-r7x63. GCVE-GHSA-xx4c-jj58-r7x6

References

1. https://github.com/validatorjs/validator.js/security/advisories/GHSA-xx4c-jj58-r7x62. https://github.com/validatorjs/validator.js/issues/15993. https://github.com/validatorjs/validator.js/pull/17384. https://huntr.dev/bounties/c37e975c-21a3-4c5f-9b57-04d63b28cfc9

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