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Withdrawn: cacheable-request depends on http-cache-semantics, which is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Feb 11, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 21, 2023
Withdrawn This advisory was withdrawn on Feb 14, 2023

Package

npm cacheable-request (npm)

Affected versions

< 10.2.7

Patched versions

10.2.7

Description

This advisory is withdawn.

cacheable-request depends on http-cache-semanttics, which contains an Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in versions prior to 4.1.1 of that package. cacheable-request has been updated to rely on the fixed version in 10.2.7.

Summary of http-cache-semantics vulnerability

http-cache semantics contains an Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity , leading to Denial of Service. This affects versions of the package http-cache-semantics before 4.1.1. The issue can be exploited via malicious request header values sent to a server, when that server reads the cache policy from the request using this library.

Details

GHSA-rc47-6667-2j5j

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 11, 2023
Reviewed Feb 11, 2023
Withdrawn Feb 14, 2023
Last updated Feb 21, 2023

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

No known CVE

GHSA ID

GHSA-8x6c-cv3v-vp6g
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