Vulnerability · Published May 24, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-33502
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the nodejs package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 77% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 22.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The normalize-url package before 4.5.1, 5.x before 5.3.1, and 6.x before 6.0.1 for Node.js has a ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) issue because it has exponential performance for data: URLs.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs | 1:14.18.2-2.module_el8.5.0+2618+8d46dafd | ALSA-2022:0350 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs | 1:14.18.2-2.module_el8.5.0+254+b4526b16 | ALSA-2022:0350 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs | 1:16.13.1-3.module_el8.5.0+2605+45d748af | ALSA-2021:5171 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs | 1:16.13.1-3.module_el8.5.0+246+05401605 | ALSA-2021:5171 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs | 1:16.16.0-1.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:6595 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-devel | 1:16.13.1-3.module_el8.5.0+246+05401605 | ALSA-2021:5171 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-devel | 1:14.18.2-2.module_el8.5.0+254+b4526b16 | ALSA-2022:0350 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-devel | 1:16.13.1-3.module_el8.5.0+2605+45d748af | ALSA-2021:5171 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-devel | 1:14.18.2-2.module_el8.5.0+2618+8d46dafd | ALSA-2022:0350 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-docs | 1:16.13.1-3.module_el8.5.0+2605+45d748af | ALSA-2021:5171 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-docs | 1:14.18.2-2.module_el8.5.0+254+b4526b16 | ALSA-2022:0350 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-docs | 1:14.18.2-2.module_el8.5.0+2618+8d46dafd | ALSA-2022:0350 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-docs | 1:16.13.1-3.module_el8.5.0+246+05401605 | ALSA-2021:5171 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-docs | 1:16.16.0-1.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:6595 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-full-i18n | 1:14.18.2-2.module_el8.5.0+2618+8d46dafd | ALSA-2022:0350 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-full-i18n | 1:14.18.2-2.module_el8.5.0+254+b4526b16 | ALSA-2022:0350 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-full-i18n | 1:16.13.1-3.module_el8.5.0+2605+45d748af | ALSA-2021:5171 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-full-i18n | 1:16.13.1-3.module_el8.5.0+246+05401605 | ALSA-2021:5171 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-full-i18n | 1:16.16.0-1.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:6595 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-libs | 1:16.16.0-1.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:6595 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 2.0.15-1.module_el8.5.0+2605+45d748af | ALSA-2022:0350 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 2.0.15-1.module_el8.6.0+2904+f21ad6f4 | ALSA-2021:5171 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 2.0.15-1.module_el8.5.0+2605+45d748af | ALSA-2021:5171 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 2.0.15-1.module_el8.6.0+2904+f21ad6f4 | ALSA-2022:0350 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 2.0.15-1.module_el8.5.0+2618+8d46dafd | ALSA-2022:0350 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-nodemon | 2.0.19-1.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:6595 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 23-3.module_el8.5.0+2618+8d46dafd | ALSA-2022:0350 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 25-1.module_el8.5.0+2605+45d748af | ALSA-2021:5171 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 23-3.module_el8.4.0+2522+3bd42762 | ALSA-2022:0350 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 25-1.module_el8.5.0+246+05401605 | ALSA-2021:5171 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | npm | 1:8.1.2-1.16.13.1.3.module_el8.5.0+246+05401605 | ALSA-2021:5171 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | npm | 1:8.1.2-1.16.13.1.3.module_el8.5.0+2605+45d748af | ALSA-2021:5171 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | npm | 1:6.14.15-1.14.18.2.2.module_el8.5.0+2618+8d46dafd | ALSA-2022:0350 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | npm | 1:6.14.15-1.14.18.2.2.module_el8.5.0+254+b4526b16 | ALSA-2022:0350 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | npm | 1:8.11.0-1.16.16.0.1.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:6595 |
| Debian:12 | node-got | 11.8.1+~cs53.13.17-3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-33502 |
| Debian:13 | node-got | 11.8.1+~cs53.13.17-3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-33502 |
| Debian:14 | node-got | 11.8.1+~cs53.13.17-3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-33502 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs | 1:14.18.2-2.module+el8.5.0+733+de4fee6c | RLSA-2022:0350 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs | 1:16.13.1-3.module+el8.5.0+721+4c107270 | RLSA-2021:5171 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 0:2.0.15-1.module+el8.5.0+721+4c107270 | RLSA-2022:0350 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 0:2.0.15-1.module+el8.5.0+721+4c107270 | RLSA-2021:5171 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | nodejs-nodemon | 0:2.0.19-1.el9_0 | RLSA-2022:6595 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 0:23-3.module+el8.5.0+733+de4fee6c | RLSA-2022:0350 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 0:25-1.module+el8.6.0+1046+80feca58 | RLSA-2021:5171 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 0:25-1.module+el8.5.0+702+221f14e6 | RLSA-2021:5171 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 0:23-3.module+el8.7.0+1071+4bdda2a8 | RLSA-2022:0350 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 0:23-3.module+el8.3.0+100+234774f7 | RLSA-2022:0350 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | node-got | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-33502 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | node-got | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-33502 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | node-got | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-33502 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | node-got | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-33502 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | node-got | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-33502 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | node-yarnpkg | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-33502 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | node-yarnpkg | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-33502 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | node-yarnpkg | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-33502 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | node-yarnpkg | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-33502 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | node-yarnpkg | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-33502 |
| npm | normalize-url | 4.5.1 | GHSA-px4h-xg32-q955 |
| npm | normalize-url | 5.3.1 | GHSA-px4h-xg32-q955 |
| npm | normalize-url | 6.0.1 | GHSA-px4h-xg32-q955 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/sindresorhus/normalize-url/releases/tag/v6.0.1 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210706-0001/ x_refsource_CONFIRM