{"id":"CVE-2017-20162","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-20162","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:47:26.305Z","title":"A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in vercel ms up to 1.x.","description":"A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in vercel ms up to 1.x. This issue affects the function parse of the file index.js. The manipulation of the argument str leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.0.0 is able to address this issue. The patch is named caae2988ba2a37765d055c4eee63d383320ee662. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217451.","published":"2023-01-05T12:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-15T16:17:27.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cna@vuldb.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"},"cwe":["CWE-1333"],"affected":["vercel/ms"],"epss":{"score":0.01018,"percentile":0.63165,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.02%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/ms/commit/caae2988ba2a37765d055c4eee63d383320ee662","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/ms/pull/89","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/ms/releases/tag/2.0.0","tags":["Patch","Release Notes"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217451","tags":["Permissions Required","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?id.217451","tags":["Permissions Required","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/ms/commit/caae2988ba2a37765d055c4eee63d383320ee662","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/ms/pull/89","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/ms/releases/tag/2.0.0","tags":["Patch","Release Notes"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241108-0002/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217451","tags":["Permissions Required","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?id.217451","tags":["Permissions Required","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20162","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}