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Security checkAugust 17, 2023

Regular Expression Denial of Service in browserslist

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Medium severitynpmbrowserslist

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Description

The package browserslist from 4.0.0 and before 4.16.5 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) during parsing of queries.

Recommendation

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

  • Affected version(s): >= 4.0.0, < 4.16.5
  • Patched version(s): 4.16.5

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See something that needs correcting? Let us knowUpdated August 17, 2023