CVE-2021-23362 (Medium) detected in hosted-git-info-2.7.1.tgz - autoclosed
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CVE-2021-23362 - Medium Severity Vulnerability
Vulnerable Library - hosted-git-info-2.7.1.tgz
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Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/hosted-git-info/-/hosted-git-info-2.7.1.tgz
Path to dependency file: /package.json
Path to vulnerable library: /node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json
Dependency Hierarchy:
- dependency-check-4.1.0.tgz (Root Library)
- read-package-json-2.1.0.tgz
- normalize-package-data-2.4.0.tgz
- ❌ hosted-git-info-2.7.1.tgz (Vulnerable Library)
- normalize-package-data-2.4.0.tgz
- read-package-json-2.1.0.tgz
Found in HEAD commit: 66f0817b789cc9cdf3b1e59702a651aed85bc7a1
Found in base branch: main
Vulnerability Details
The package hosted-git-info before 3.0.8 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via regular expression shortcutMatch in the fromUrl function in index.js. The affected regular expression exhibits polynomial worst-case time complexity.
Publish Date: 2021-03-23
URL: CVE-2021-23362
CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)
Base Score Metrics:
- Exploitability Metrics:
- Attack Vector: Network
- Attack Complexity: Low
- Privileges Required: None
- User Interaction: None
- Scope: Unchanged
- Impact Metrics:
- Confidentiality Impact: None
- Integrity Impact: None
- Availability Impact: Low
Suggested Fix
Type: Upgrade version
Origin: GHSA-43f8-2h32-f4cj
Release Date: 2021-03-23
Fix Resolution (hosted-git-info): 2.8.9
Direct dependency fix Resolution (dependency-check): 5.0.0-0
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✔️ This issue was automatically closed by WhiteSource because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) was either marked as ignored or it is no longer part of the WhiteSource inventory.
✔️ This issue was automatically closed by WhiteSource because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) was either marked as ignored or it is no longer part of the WhiteSource inventory.