CVE-2020-26306 (GCVE-0-2020-26306)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-26 20:26 – Updated: 2024-10-28 14:50
VLAI
Title
GHSL-2020-296: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in Knwl.js
Summary
Knwl.js is a Javascript library that parses through text for dates, times, phone numbers, emails, places, and more. Versions 1.0.2 and prior contain one or more regular expressions that are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). As of time of publication, no known patches are available.
Severity
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Green
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
benhmoore Knwl Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.0.2 (custom)
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benhmoore knwl Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.0.2 (custom)
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