All the vulnerabilities related to the version 2.1.2 of the package
Path Traversal in superstatic
Affected of superstatic
are vulnerable to path traversal when used on Windows.
Additionally, it is vulnerable to path traversal on other platforms combined with certain Node.js versions which erroneously normalize \\
to /
in paths on all platforms (a known example being Node.js v9.9.0).
Update to version 5.0.2 or later.
Prototype Pollution Protection Bypass in qs
Affected version of qs
are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution because it is possible to bypass the protection. The qs.parse
function fails to properly prevent an object's prototype to be altered when parsing arbitrary input. Input containing [
or ]
may bypass the prototype pollution protection and alter the Object prototype. This allows attackers to override properties that will exist in all objects, which may lead to Denial of Service or Remote Code Execution in specific circumstances.
Upgrade to 6.0.4, 6.1.2, 6.2.3, 6.3.2 or later.
qs vulnerable to Prototype Pollution
qs before 6.10.3 allows attackers to cause a Node process hang because an __ proto__
key can be used. In many typical web framework use cases, an unauthenticated remote attacker can place the attack payload in the query string of the URL that is used to visit the application, such as a[__proto__]=b&a[__proto__]&a[length]=100000000
. The fix was backported to qs 6.9.7, 6.8.3, 6.7.3, 6.6.1, 6.5.3, 6.4.1, 6.3.3, and 6.2.4.
send vulnerable to template injection that can lead to XSS
passing untrusted user input - even after sanitizing it - to SendStream.redirect()
may execute untrusted code
this issue is patched in send 0.19.0
users are encouraged to upgrade to the patched version of express, but otherwise can workaround this issue by making sure any untrusted inputs are safe, ideally by validating them against an explicit allowlist
successful exploitation of this vector requires the following:
Vercel ms Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity vulnerability
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in vercel ms up to 1.x. This issue affects the function parse of the file index.js. The manipulation of the argument str leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.0.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is caae2988ba2a37765d055c4eee63d383320ee662. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217451.
mime Regular Expression Denial of Service when MIME lookup performed on untrusted user input
Affected versions of mime
are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when a mime lookup is performed on untrusted user input.
Update to version 2.0.3 or later.
debug Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity vulnerability
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in debug-js debug up to 3.0.x. This affects the function useColors of the file src/node.js. The manipulation of the argument str leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. Upgrading to version 3.1.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is c38a0166c266a679c8de012d4eaccec3f944e685. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-217665 was assigned to this vulnerability. The patch has been backported to the 2.6.x branch in version 2.6.9.
Regular Expression Denial of Service in debug
Affected versions of debug
are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o
formatter.
As it takes 50,000 characters to block the event loop for 2 seconds, this issue is a low severity issue.
This was later re-introduced in version v3.2.0, and then repatched in versions 3.2.7 and 4.3.1.
Version 2.x.x: Update to version 2.6.9 or later. Version 3.1.x: Update to version 3.1.0 or later. Version 3.2.x: Update to version 3.2.7 or later. Version 4.x.x: Update to version 4.3.1 or later.
Regular Expression Denial of Service in fresh
Affected versions of fresh
are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when parsing specially crafted user input.
Update to version 0.5.2 or later.
Command Injection in lodash
lodash
versions prior to 4.17.21 are vulnerable to Command Injection via the template function.
Prototype Pollution in lodash
Versions of lodash
before 4.17.11 are vulnerable to prototype pollution.
The vulnerable functions are 'defaultsDeep', 'merge', and 'mergeWith' which allow a malicious user to modify the prototype of Object
via {constructor: {prototype: {...}}}
causing the addition or modification of an existing property that will exist on all objects.
Update to version 4.17.11 or later.
Prototype Pollution in lodash
Versions of lodash
before 4.17.5 are vulnerable to prototype pollution.
The vulnerable functions are 'defaultsDeep', 'merge', and 'mergeWith' which allow a malicious user to modify the prototype of Object
via __proto__
causing the addition or modification of an existing property that will exist on all objects.
Update to version 4.17.5 or later.
Prototype Pollution in lodash
Versions of lodash
before 4.17.12 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution. The function defaultsDeep
allows a malicious user to modify the prototype of Object
via {constructor: {prototype: {...}}}
causing the addition or modification of an existing property that will exist on all objects.
Update to version 4.17.12 or later.
Prototype Pollution in lodash
Versions of lodash prior to 4.17.19 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution. The functions pick
, set
, setWith
, update
, updateWith
, and zipObjectDeep
allow a malicious user to modify the prototype of Object if the property identifiers are user-supplied. Being affected by this issue requires manipulating objects based on user-provided property values or arrays.
This vulnerability causes the addition or modification of an existing property that will exist on all objects and may lead to Denial of Service or Code Execution under specific circumstances.
path-to-regexp outputs backtracking regular expressions
A bad regular expression is generated any time you have two parameters within a single segment, separated by something that is not a period (.
). For example, /:a-:b
.
For users of 0.1, upgrade to 0.1.10
. All other users should upgrade to 8.0.0
.
These versions add backtrack protection when a custom regex pattern is not provided:
They do not protect against vulnerable user supplied capture groups. Protecting against explicit user patterns is out of scope for old versions and not considered a vulnerability.
Version 7.1.0 can enable strict: true
and get an error when the regular expression might be bad.
Version 8.0.0 removes the features that can cause a ReDoS.
All versions can be patched by providing a custom regular expression for parameters after the first in a single segment. As long as the custom regular expression does not match the text before the parameter, you will be safe. For example, change /:a-:b
to /:a-:b([^-/]+)
.
If paths cannot be rewritten and versions cannot be upgraded, another alternative is to limit the URL length. For example, halving the attack string improves performance by 4x faster.
Using /:a-:b
will produce the regular expression /^\/([^\/]+?)-([^\/]+?)\/?$/
. This can be exploited by a path such as /a${'-a'.repeat(8_000)}/a
. OWASP has a good example of why this occurs, but the TL;DR is the /a
at the end ensures this route would never match but due to naive backtracking it will still attempt every combination of the :a-:b
on the repeated 8,000 -a
.
Because JavaScript is single threaded and regex matching runs on the main thread, poor performance will block the event loop and can lead to a DoS. In local benchmarks, exploiting the unsafe regex will result in performance that is over 1000x worse than the safe regex. In a more realistic environment using Express v4 and 10 concurrent connections, this translated to average latency of ~600ms vs 1ms.
path-to-regexp contains a ReDoS
The regular expression that is vulnerable to backtracking can be generated in versions before 0.1.12 of path-to-regexp
, originally reported in CVE-2024-45296
Upgrade to 0.1.12.
Avoid using two parameters within a single path segment, when the separator is not .
(e.g. no /:a-:b
). Alternatively, you can define the regex used for both parameters and ensure they do not overlap to allow backtracking.
semver vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service
Versions of the package semver before 7.5.2 on the 7.x branch, before 6.3.1 on the 6.x branch, and all other versions before 5.7.2 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the function new Range, when untrusted user data is provided as a range.
minimatch ReDoS vulnerability
A vulnerability was found in the minimatch package. This flaw allows a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) when calling the braceExpand function with specific arguments, resulting in a Denial of Service.
Regular Expression Denial of Service in minimatch
Affected versions of minimatch
are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service attacks when user input is passed into the pattern
argument of minimatch(path, pattern)
.
var minimatch = require(“minimatch”);
// utility function for generating long strings
var genstr = function (len, chr) {
var result = “”;
for (i=0; i<=len; i++) {
result = result + chr;
}
return result;
}
var exploit = “[!” + genstr(1000000, “\\”) + “A”;
// minimatch exploit.
console.log(“starting minimatch”);
minimatch(“foo”, exploit);
console.log(“finishing minimatch”);
Update to version 3.0.2 or later.
Prototype Pollution in merge
All versions of package merge <2.1.1 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via _recursiveMerge .
Prototype Pollution in merge
Versions of merge
before 1.2.1 are vulnerable to prototype pollution. The merge.recursive
function can be tricked into adding or modifying properties of the Object prototype.
Update to version 1.2.1 or later.
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in cross-spawn
Versions of the package cross-spawn before 7.0.5 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to improper input sanitization. An attacker can increase the CPU usage and crash the program by crafting a very large and well crafted string.
Got allows a redirect to a UNIX socket
The got package before 11.8.5 and 12.1.0 for Node.js allows a redirect to a UNIX socket.