CVE-2018-7158

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
May 17, 2018
Updated
Oct 8, 2026
Reserved
Feb 15, 2018

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Description

The `'path'` module in the Node.js 4.x release line contains a potential regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vector. The code in question was replaced in Node.js 6.x and later so this vulnerability only impacts all versions of Node.js 4.x. The regular expression, `splitPathRe`, used within the `'path'` module for the various path parsing functions, including `path.dirname()`, `path.extname()` and `path.parse()` was structured in such a way as to allow an attacker to craft a string, that when passed through one of these functions, could take a significant amount of time to evaluate, potentially leading to a full denial of service.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

  • CWE-185 Incorrect Regular Expression

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Node.jsThe Node.js Project
  • 4.xAffected

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