CVE-2022-25881 (GCVE-0-2022-25881)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-31 05:00 – Updated: 2025-03-27 17:16
VLAI
Summary
This affects versions of the package http-cache-semantics before 4.1.1. The issue can be exploited via malicious request header values sent to a server, when that server reads the cache policy from the request using this library.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-1333 - Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)
  • CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a http-cache-semantics Affected: 0 , < 4.1.1 (semver)
n/a org.webjars.npm:http-cache-semantics Affected: 0 , < 4.1.1 (semver)
Credits
Carter Snook
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