Vulnerability · Published Dec 24, 2021 · Assigned by snyk

CVE-2021-23490Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in parse-link-header. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.9% (higher than 80% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.9%top 20.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The package parse-link-header before 2.0.0 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the checkHeader function.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
npmparse-link-header2.0.0GHSA-q674-xm3x-2926

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a parse-link-header unspecified – before 2.0.0

References