CVE-2022-21222 (GCVE-0-2022-21222)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-30 05:05 – Updated: 2025-05-20 16:04
VLAI?
Summary
The package css-what before 2.1.3 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to the usage of insecure regular expression in the re_attr variable of index.js. The exploitation of this vulnerability could be triggered via the parse function.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P
CWE
  • Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a css-what Affected: unspecified , < 2.1.3 (custom)
Credits
Snyk Research Team
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