Vulnerability in Npmjs Hosted-Git-Info
CVE-2021-23362
The package hosted-git-info before 3.0.8 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via regular expression shortcutMatch in the fromUrl function in index.js. The affected regular expression exhibits polynomial worst-case time complexity.
Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.036 (88.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
Affected products
- Npmjs Hosted-git-info
- Siemens Sinec_infrastructure_network_services
- N/a Hosted-git-info — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- report@snyk.io (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- report@snyk.io (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- report@snyk.io (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- report@snyk.io (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- report@snyk.io (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- report@snyk.io (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- report@snyk.io (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-23362?
- CVE-2021-23362 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Npmjs Hosted-Git-Info, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-03-23.
- How severe is CVE-2021-23362?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-23362 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.