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Security checkJanuary 09, 2023

Regular Expression Denial of Service in validator

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High severitynpmvalidator

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Description

Versions of validator prior to 3.22.1 are affected by a regular expression denial of service vulnerability in the isURL method.

Recommendation

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

  • Affected version(s): < 3.22.1
  • Patched version(s): 3.22.1

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