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method-override ReDoS when untrusted user input passed into X-HTTP-Method-Override header

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jul 24, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 11, 2023

Package

npm method-override (npm)

Affected versions

= 1.0.2
>= 2.0.0, < 2.3.10

Patched versions

2.3.10
2.3.10

Description

Affected versions of method-override are vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service vulnerability when untrusted user input is passed into the X-HTTP-Method-Override header.

Recommendation

Update to version 2.3.10 or later

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 24, 2018
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Sep 11, 2023

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2017-16136

GHSA ID

GHSA-qx2f-477c-35rq
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