Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in braces

Description

A vulnerability was found in Braces versions from v2.2.0 up to but not including v2.3.1. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks. This has been patched in version 2.3.1.

Recommendation

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

• Affected version(s): >= 2.2.0, < 2.3.1
• Patched version(s): 2.3.1

References

• GHSA-cwfw-4gq5-mrqx
• bugzilla.redhat.com
• snyk.io
• CVE-2018-1109
• CWE-400
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A6

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• Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in lodash - lodash-amd - CVE-2019-1010266
• Regular Expression Denial of Service in ssri - CVE-2018-7651

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Tags:

npm

braces