Vulnerability · Published Jul 14, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-36716
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the is-email package (npm). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 63% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 37.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) flaw was found in the Segment is-email package before 1.0.1 for Node.js. An attacker that is able to provide crafted input to the isEmail(input) function may cause an application to consume an excessive amount of CPU.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | is-email | 1.0.1 | GHSA-j377-2x76-558h |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/segmentio/is-email/releases x_refsource_MISC
- https://segment.com/docs/release_notes/2021-07-13-cve-2021-36716/ x_refsource_CONFIRM