What is CVE-2023-25166?

CVE-2023-25166 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hapi Formula, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-02-08.

How severe is CVE-2023-25166?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Hapi Formula

CVE-2023-25166

formula is a math and string formula parser. In versions prior to 3.0.1 crafted user-provided strings to formula's parser might lead to polynomial execution time and a denial of service. Users should upgrade to 3.0.1+. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.006 (45.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Hapi Formula
Hapijs Formula — versions < 3.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1333 — Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-25166?: CVE-2023-25166 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hapi Formula, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-02-08.
How severe is CVE-2023-25166?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.