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Security checkOctober 28, 2024

Knwl.js Regular Expression Denial of Service vulnerability

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Medium severitynpmknwl.js

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Description

Knwl.js is a Javascript library that parses through text for dates, times, phone numbers, emails, places, and more. Versions 1.0.2 and prior contain one or more regular expressions that are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). As of time of publication, no known patches are available.

Recommendation

No fix is available yet. Followings are affected versions:

  • <= 1.0.2

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