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Regular Expression Denial of Service in highcharts

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 18, 2019 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 11, 2023

Package

npm highcharts (npm)

Affected versions

< 6.1.0

Patched versions

6.1.0

Description

Versions of highcharts prior to 6.1.0 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). Untrusted input may cause catastrophic backtracking while matching regular expressions. This can cause the application to be unresponsive leading to Denial of Service.

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 6.1.0 or higher.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 18, 2019
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Apr 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-2018-20801

GHSA ID

GHSA-xmc8-cjfr-phx3

Source code

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