ghsa-f522-ffg8-j8r6
Vulnerability from github
Published
2017-10-24 18:33
Modified
2025-10-17 17:50
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Regular Expression Denial of Service in is-my-json-valid
Details

Version of is-my-json-valid before 2.12.4 are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) via the email validation function.

Recommendation

Update to version 2.12.4 or later.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "is-my-json-valid"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.12.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-2537"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-1333"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:33:36Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-02-23T05:59:01Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Version of `is-my-json-valid` before 2.12.4 are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) via the email validation function.\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpdate to version 2.12.4 or later.",
  "id": "GHSA-f522-ffg8-j8r6",
  "modified": "2025-10-17T17:50:27Z",
  "published": "2017-10-24T18:33:35Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2537"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/github/advisory-database/pull/4850"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mafintosh/is-my-json-valid/pull/159"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mafintosh/is-my-json-valid/commit/b3051b277f7caa08cd2edc6f74f50aeda65d2976"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mafintosh/is-my-json-valid/commit/eca4beb21e61877d76fdf6bea771f72f39544d9b"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/317548"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f522-ffg8-j8r6"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/mafintosh/is-my-json-valid"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/572"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/76"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Regular Expression Denial of Service in is-my-json-valid"
}


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