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GHSA-HX9M-JF43-8FFR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-21 16:57 – Updated: 2026-01-22 15:43

Summary

seroval affected by Denial of Service via RegExp serialization

Details

Overriding RegExp serialization with extremely large patterns can exhaust JavaScript runtime memory during deserialization. Additionally, overriding RegExp serialization with patterns that trigger catastrophic backtracking can lead to ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service).

Mitigation:
Seroval introduces disabledFeatures (a bitmask) in serialization/deserialization methods, with Feature.RegExp as a dedicated flag. Users are recommended to configure disabledFeatures to disable RegExp serialization entirely.

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


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

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      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 1.4.0"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "seroval"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-23956"
  ],
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    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-1333"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-01-21T16:57:06Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-01-22T02:15:52Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Overriding RegExp serialization with extremely large patterns can **exhaust JavaScript runtime memory** during deserialization. Additionally, overriding RegExp serialization with patterns that trigger **catastrophic backtracking** can lead to ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service).  \n\n**Mitigation**:  \n`Seroval` introduces `disabledFeatures` (a bitmask) in serialization/deserialization methods, with `Feature.RegExp` as a dedicated flag. **Users are recommended to configure `disabledFeatures` to disable RegExp serialization entirely.**",
  "id": "GHSA-hx9m-jf43-8ffr",
  "modified": "2026-01-22T15:43:55Z",
  "published": "2026-01-21T16:57:06Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/lxsmnsyc/seroval/security/advisories/GHSA-hx9m-jf43-8ffr"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23956"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/lxsmnsyc/seroval/commit/ce9408ebc87312fcad345a73c172212f2a798060"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/lxsmnsyc/seroval"
    }
  ],
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "seroval affected by Denial of Service via RegExp serialization"
}

CVE-2026-23956 (GCVE-0-2026-23956)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-22 01:23 – Updated: 2026-01-22 19:15

Title

seroval affected by Denial of Service via RegExp serialization

Summary

seroval facilitates JS value stringification, including complex structures beyond JSON.stringify capabilities. In versions 1.4.0 and below, overriding RegExp serialization with extremely large patterns can exhaust JavaScript runtime memory during deserialization. Additionally, overriding RegExp serialization with patterns that trigger catastrophic backtracking can lead to ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service). This issue has been fixed in version 1.4.1.

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/lxsmnsyc/seroval/security/advi…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/lxsmnsyc/seroval/commit/ce9408…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	lxsmnsyc	seroval	Affected: < 1.4.1

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GHSA-HX9M-JF43-8FFR

CVE-2026-23956 (GCVE-0-2026-23956)

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