Vulnerability · Published Oct 14, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-37603
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity regular-expression denial of service in the node-loader-utils package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.7% (higher than 86% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.7%top 14.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A Regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw was found in Function interpolateName in interpolateName.js in webpack loader-utils 2.0.0 via the url variable in interpolateName.js.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | node-loader-utils | 2.0.4-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37603 |
| Debian:13 | node-loader-utils | 2.0.4-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37603 |
| Debian:14 | node-loader-utils | 2.0.4-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37603 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | node-loader-utils | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-37603 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | node-loader-utils | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-37603 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | node-loader-utils | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-37603 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | node-loader-utils | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-37603 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | node-loader-utils | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-37603 |
| npm | loader-utils | 3.2.1 | GHSA-3rfm-jhwj-7488 |
| npm | loader-utils | 2.0.4 | GHSA-3rfm-jhwj-7488 |
| npm | loader-utils | 1.4.2 | GHSA-3rfm-jhwj-7488 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-1333 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/blob/d9f4e23cf411d8556f8bac2d3bf05a6e0103b568/lib/interpolateName.js#L38
- https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/blob/d9f4e23cf411d8556f8bac2d3bf05a6e0103b568/lib/interpolateName.js#L107
- https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/issues/213
- FEDORA-2023-86d75130fe vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2023-a4f0b29f6c vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2023-2e38c3756f vendor-advisory