SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-16117

slug is a module to slugify strings, even if they contain unicode. slug is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service is specially crafted untrusted input is passed as input.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.58%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.58%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

slug is a module to slugify strings, even if they contain unicode. slug is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service is specially crafted untrusted input is passed as input. About 50k characters can block the event loop for 2 seconds.

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
1.58% probability · 74th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-400
Affected
slug project/slug
Source
support@hackerone.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.