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Security checkJanuary 09, 2023

Regular Expression Denial of Service in ssri

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Medium severitynpmssri

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Description

Version of ssri prior to 5.2.2 are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) when using strict mode.

Recommendation

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

  • Affected version(s): < 5.2.2
  • Patched version(s): 5.2.2

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