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Security checkApril 21, 2023

Switcher Client contains Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

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High severitynpmswitcher-client

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Description

Unsanitized input flows into Strategy match operation (EXIST), where it is used to build a regular expression. This may result in a Regular expression Denial of Service attack (reDOS).

Recommendation

Update the switcher-client package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): < 3.1.4
  • Patched version(s): 3.1.4

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