CVE-2017-16116 Regular Expression Denial of Service in string package
HighCVSS 7.5
EPSS 1.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
The string module is a module that provides extra string operations. The string module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when specifically crafted untrusted user input is passed into the underscore or unescapeHTML methods.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| npm string(npm) | <= 3.3.3 | No fix listed |
| string project string | <= 0.2.1 | No fix listed |
| string project string | >= 0.2.2, <= 3.3.3 | No fix listed |
| HackerOne string node module | = All versions | No fix listed |
References
- nvd.nist.gov third-party-advisory
- github.com exploit third-party-advisory
- github.com
- www.npmjs.com
- nodesecurity.io patch third-party-advisory