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CVE-2016-10539

UNKNOWN
Published 2018-05-31T20:00:00Z
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Description

negotiator is an HTTP content negotiator for Node.js and is used by many modules and frameworks including Express and Koa. The header for "Accept-Language", when parsed by negotiator 0.6.0 and earlier is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service via a specially crafted string.

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✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH

Regular Expression Denial of Service in negotiator

GHSA-7mc5-chhp-fmc3

Advisory Details

Affected versions of `negotiator` are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service attacks, which trigger upon parsing a specially crafted `Accept-Language` header value. ## Recommendation Update to version 0.6.1 or later.

Affected Packages

npm negotiator
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <0.6.1

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: October 9, 2018, Modified: August 31, 2020

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Published: 2018-05-31T20:00:00Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-17T02:11:28.261Z
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