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Security checkFebruary 01, 2023

Regular expression Denial of Service in @progfay/scrapbox-parser

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Description

A Regular expression Denial of Service flaw was found in the @progfay/scrapbox-parser package before 6.0.3, 7.0.2 for Node.js. The attacker that is able to be parsed a specially crafted text may cause the application to consume an excessive amount of CPU.

Recommendation

Update the @progfay/scrapbox-parser package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): **>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.2 < 6.0.3**
  • Patched version(s): **7.0.2 6.0.3**

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