GHSA-xmc8-cjfr-phx3

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    GHSA-xmc8-cjfr-phx3

    Published: 18 Mar 2019Last Modified: 8 Nov 2023

    Summary: Regular Expression Denial of Service in highcharts

    Details: 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: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20801, https://github.com/highcharts/highcharts/commit/7c547e1e0f5e4379f94396efd559a566668c0dfa, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xmc8-cjfr-phx3, https://github.com/highcharts/highcharts, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190715-0001, https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:highcharts:20180225, https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/793

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: highcharts

    Purl: pkg:npm/highcharts

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.1.0

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High