VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-16113
The parsejson module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into it to be parsed.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.51%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The parsejson module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into it to be parsed.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.51% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-20
- Affected
- parsejson project/parsejson
- Source
- support@hackerone.com
References
- https://github.com/get/parsejson/issues/4Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/528Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/get/parsejson/issues/4Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/528Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.