GHSA-pfrm-4rjw-g9q5

string-kit Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity vulnerability

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) High CVE-2021-4299

Packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
npm	string-kit	< 0.12.8	0.12.8

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in cronvel string-kit up to 0.12.7. This vulnerability affects the function naturalSort of the file lib/naturalSort.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack can be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 0.12.8 can address this issue. The name of the patch is 9cac4c298ee92c1695b0695951f1488884a7ca73. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217180.

References

External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4299 advisory
https://github.com/cronvel/string-kit/commit/9cac4c298ee92c1695b0695951f1488884a7ca73 web
https://github.com/cronvel/string-kit package
https://github.com/cronvel/string-kit/releases/tag/v0.12.8 web
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217180 web
https://vuldb.com/?id.217180 web