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FKIE_CVE-2021-23490

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-12-24 20:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:38

Severity

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

The package parse-link-header before 2.0.0 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the checkHeader function.

References

URL	Tags
report@snyk.io	https://github.com/thlorenz/parse-link-header/commit/72f05c717b3f129c5331a07bf300ed8886eb8ae1	Patch, Third Party Advisory
report@snyk.io	https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2321973	Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
report@snyk.io	https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PARSELINKHEADER-1582783	Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/thlorenz/parse-link-header/commit/72f05c717b3f129c5331a07bf300ed8886eb8ae1	Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2321973	Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PARSELINKHEADER-1582783	Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	parse-link-header_project	parse-link-header	*

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    },
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      "value": "El paquete parse-link-header versiones anteriores a 2.0.0, es vulnerable a la Denegaci\u00f3n de Servicio por Expresi\u00f3n Regular (ReDoS) por medio de la funci\u00f3n checkHeader"
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:38:48.073",
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        {
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  ]
}

CVE-2021-23490 (GCVE-0-2021-23490)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-24 20:05 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:03

Title

Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

Summary

The package parse-link-header before 2.0.0 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the checkHeader function.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

Assigner

snyk

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PARSELINKHEADER-1582783	x_refsource_MISC
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2321973	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/thlorenz/parse-link-header/com…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	parse-link-header	Affected: unspecified , < 2.0.0 (custom)

Date Public

2021-12-24 00:00

Credits

DangKhai

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Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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FKIE_CVE-2021-23490

CVE-2021-23490 (GCVE-0-2021-23490)

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