Embedded malware in ua-parser-js

Description

The npm package ua-parser-js had three versions published with malicious code. Users of affected versions (0.7.29, 0.8.0, 1.0.0) should upgrade as soon as possible and check their systems for suspicious activity. See this issue for details as they unfold.

Recommendation

Update the ua-parser-js package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): **= 1.0.0

  = 0.8.0

  = 0.7.29**

• Patched version(s): **1.0.1

  0.8.1

  0.7.30**

References

• GHSA-pjwm-rvh2-c87w
• www.npmjs.com
• CWE-829
• CWE-912
• OWASP 2021-A8

Related Issues

• ReDoS Vulnerability in ua-parser-js version - CVE-2022-25927
• ua-parser-js Regular Expression Denial of Service vulnerability - CVE-2020-7793
• Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in ua-parser-js - CVE-2021-27292
• fast-xml-parser regex vulnerability patch could be improved from a safety perspective - Vulnerability

Tags:

npm

ua-parser-js