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node-fetch Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 2, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jul 11, 2023

Package

npm node-fetch (npm)

Affected versions

>= 3.0.0, < 3.2.10

Patched versions

3.2.10

Description

node-fetch is a light-weight module that brings window.fetch to node.js.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in the isOriginPotentiallyTrustworthy() function in referrer.js, when processing a URL string with alternating letters and periods, such as 'http://' + 'a.a.'.repeat(i) + 'a'.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 1, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 2, 2022
Reviewed Aug 4, 2022
Last updated Jul 11, 2023

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.088%
(38th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-2596

GHSA ID

GHSA-vp56-6g26-6827

Source code

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