GHSA-PFQ8-RQ6V-VF5M

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-10-31 19:00 – Updated: 2025-06-11 17:34
VLAI?
Summary
kangax html-minifier REDoS vulnerability
Details

A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) flaw was found in kangax html-minifier 4.0.0 because of the reCustomIgnore regular expression.

Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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
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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "html-minifier"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "4.0.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-37620"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-1333",
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-04-22T23:06:37Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-10-31T12:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) flaw was found in kangax html-minifier 4.0.0 because of the reCustomIgnore regular expression.",
  "id": "GHSA-pfq8-rq6v-vf5m",
  "modified": "2025-06-11T17:34:37Z",
  "published": "2022-10-31T19:00:36Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37620"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/kangax/html-minifier/issues/1135"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/kangax/html-minifier"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/kangax/html-minifier/blob/51ce10f4daedb1de483ffbcccecc41be1c873da2/src/htmlminifier.js#L1338"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/kangax/html-minifier/blob/51ce10f4daedb1de483ffbcccecc41be1c873da2/src/htmlminifier.js#L294"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-HTMLMINIFIER-3091181"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
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      "score": "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",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "kangax html-minifier REDoS vulnerability"
}


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