Vulnerability in Kangax Html-Minifier
CVE-2022-37620
A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) flaw was found in kangax html-minifier 4.0.0 because of the reCustomIgnore regular expression.
Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.012 (65.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 65.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/kangax/html-minifier/blob/51ce10f4daedb1de483ffbcccecc41be1c873da2/s… (Product)
- github.com/kangax/html-minifier/blob/51ce10f4daedb1de483ffbcccecc41be1c873da2/s… (Product)
- github.com/kangax/html-minifier/issues/1135 (Third Party Advisory, Mitigation, Issue Tracking)
- security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-HTMLMINIFIER-3091181
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-37620?
- CVE-2022-37620 is a high-severity vulnerability in Kangax Html-Minifier, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-10-31.
- How severe is CVE-2022-37620?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-37620 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.