ua-parser-js Regular Expression Denial of Service vulnerability

Description

The package ua-parser-js before 0.7.23 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in multiple regexes (see linked commit for more info).

Recommendation

Update the ua-parser-js package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 0.7.23
• Patched version(s): 0.7.23

References

• GHSA-394c-5j6w-4xmx
• snyk.io
• cert-portal.siemens.com
• CVE-2020-7793
• CWE-400
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A6

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Tags:

npm

ua-parser-js