VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-36716
A ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) flaw was found in the Segment is-email package before 1.0.1 for Node.js.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.99%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.99%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) flaw was found in the Segment is-email package before 1.0.1 for Node.js. An attacker that is able to provide crafted input to the isEmail(input) function may cause an application to consume an excessive amount of CPU.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.99% probability · 61th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- segment/is-email
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/segmentio/is-email/releasesRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://segment.com/docs/release_notes/2021-07-13-cve-2021-36716/Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/segmentio/is-email/releasesRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://segment.com/docs/release_notes/2021-07-13-cve-2021-36716/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.