word-wrap vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service

Description

All versions of the package word-wrap are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to the usage of an insecure regular expression within the result variable.

Recommendation

Update the word-wrap package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

Affected version(s): < 1.2.4
Patched version(s): 1.2.4

References

GHSA-j8xg-fqg3-53r7
security.snyk.io
security.netapp.com
CVE-2023-26115
CWE-1333
CAPEC-310
OWASP 2021-A6

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