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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-7767

All versions of package express-validators are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) when validating specifically-crafted invalid urls.

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 1.64%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.64%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

All versions of package express-validators are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) when validating specifically-crafted invalid urls.

CVSS 3.1
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS
1.64% probability · 76th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-400
Affected
express-validators project/express-validators
Source
report@snyk.io
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 1.64%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 1.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.