GHSA-gh88-3pxp-6fm8

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    GHSA-gh88-3pxp-6fm8

    Published: 21 Jan 2022Last Modified: 13 Mar 2026

    Summary: Infinite Loop in colors.js

    Details: The package colors after 1.4.0 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) that was introduced through an infinite loop in the americanFlag module. Unfortunately this appears to have been a purposeful attempt by a maintainer of colors to make the package unusable, other maintainers' controls over this package appear to have been revoked in an attempt to prevent them from fixing the issue. Vulnerable Code js for (let i = 666; i < Infinity; i++;) { Alternative Remediation Suggested * Pin dependancy to 1.4.0

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23567, https://github.com/Marak/colors.js/issues/285, https://github.com/Marak/colors.js/issues/285%23issuecomment-1008212640, https://github.com/Marak/colors.js/commit/074a0f8ed0c31c35d13d28632bd8a049ff136fb6%23diff-92bbac9a308cd5fcf9db165841f2d90ce981baddcb2b1e26cfff170929af3bd1R18, https://github.com/Marak/colors.js, https://snyk.io/blog/open-source-maintainer-pulls-the-plug-on-npm-packages-colors-and-faker-now-what, https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-COLORS-2331906

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: colors

    Purl: pkg:npm/colors

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 1.4.1
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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    GHSA-gh88-3pxp-6fm8 | CVE-DB