Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in Validator.js (GHSA-xx4c-jj58-r7x6)

Description

Versions of validator prior to 13.7.0 are affected by an inefficient Regular Expression complexity when using the rtrim and trim sanitizers.

Recommendation

Update the validator package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): >= 11.1.0, < 13.7.0
• Patched version(s): 13.7.0

References

• GHSA-xx4c-jj58-r7x6
• huntr.dev
• CWE-1333

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Tags:

npm

validator