CVE-2021-27290

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-27290  

ssri 5.2.2-8.0.0, fixed in 8.0.1, processes SRIs using a regular expression which is vulnerable to a denial of service. Malicious SRIs could take an extremely long time to process, leading to denial of service. This issue only affects consumers using the strict option.

Description

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

ssri 5.2.2-8.0.0, fixed in 8.0.1, processes SRIs using a regular expression which is vulnerable to a denial of service. Malicious SRIs could take an extremely long time to process, leading to denial of service. This issue only affects consumers using the strict option.

Additional Information

  • Bugzilla 1941471: CVE-2021-27290 nodejs-ssri: Regular expression DoS when parsing malicious SRI in strict mode
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2021-27290