fast-xml-parser regex vulnerability patch could be improved from a safety perspective

Description

This is a comment on https://github.com/NaturalIntelligence/fast-xml-parser/security/advisories/GHSA-6w63-h3fj-q4vw and the patches fixing it.

Recommendation

Update the fast-xml-parser package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): = 4.2.4
• Patched version(s): 4.2.5

References

• GHSA-gpv5-7x3g-ghjv

Related Issues

• fast-xml-parser vulnerable to Regex Injection via Doctype Entities - CVE-2023-34104
• fast-xml-parser vulnerable to Prototype Pollution through tag or attribute name - CVE-2023-26920
• fast-xml-parser has RangeError DoS Numeric Entities Bug - CVE-2026-25128
• fast-xml-parser vulnerable to ReDOS at currency parsing - CVE-2024-41818

Tags:

npm

fast-xml-parser