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CVE-2022-25887 (GCVE-0-2022-25887)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-30 05:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:07

Title

Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

Summary

The package sanitize-html before 2.7.1 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to insecure global regular expression replacement logic of HTML comment removal.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


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

CWE

Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

Assigner

snyk mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SANITIZEHTM…	x_refsource_MISC
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJAR…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/pull/557	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/co…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
n/a	sanitize-html	Affected: unspecified , < 2.7.1 (custom)

Date Public

2022-08-30 00:00

Credits

Nariyoshi Chida of NTT Security Japan

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FKIE_CVE-2022-25887

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-08-30 05:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:34

Severity

5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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 sanitize-html before 2.7.1 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to insecure global regular expression replacement logic of HTML comment removal.

References

URL	Tags
report@snyk.io	https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/commit/b4682c12fd30e12e82fa2d9b766de91d7d2cd23c	Patch, Third Party Advisory
report@snyk.io	https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/pull/557	Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
report@snyk.io	https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-3008102	Patch, Third Party Advisory
report@snyk.io	https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SANITIZEHTML-2957526	Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/commit/b4682c12fd30e12e82fa2d9b766de91d7d2cd23c	Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/pull/557	Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-3008102	Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SANITIZEHTML-2957526	Patch, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	apostrophecms	sanitize-html	*

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GHSA-CGFM-XWP7-2CVR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-08-31 00:00 – Updated: 2024-04-22 23:16

Summary

Sanitize-html Vulnerable To REDoS Attacks

Details

The package sanitize-html before 2.7.1 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to insecure global regular expression replacement logic of HTML comment removal.

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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  "id": "GHSA-cgfm-xwp7-2cvr",
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GSD-2022-25887

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:19

Details

The package sanitize-html before 2.7.1 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to insecure global regular expression replacement logic of HTML comment removal.

Aliases

CVE-2022-25887

Aliases

CVE-2022-25887

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RHSA-2022:7313

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2022-11-02 14:05 - Updated: 2026-09-14 10:57

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.6.2 security update and bug fixes

Severity

Moderate

Scope

5 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2022-25887.

CVE-2022-25887

A flaw was found in sanitize-html library. Insecure global regular expression replacement logic of HTML comment removal could lead to a regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS), affecting the availability of the affected component.

5.3 (Medium)


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

Fixed: 192 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7313

Open the full advisory

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-25887 (CVE-2022-25887)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2022-08-30 05:15 – Updated: 2026-05-20 14:55 – Source website

Details

The package sanitize-html before 2.7.1 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to insecure global regular expression replacement logic of HTML comment removal.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


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

7.5 (High)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-25887	REPORT
	https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SANITIZEHTM…	REPORT
	https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJAR…	REPORT
	https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/pull/557	REPORT
	https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/co…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25887	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7464-1	ADVISORY

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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2022-25887"
  ]
}

WID-SEC-W-2022-2368

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2022-12-19 23:00 - Updated: 2023-01-09 23:00

Summary

HCL BigFix: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Severity

Hoch

Scope

17 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2022-25887.

CVE-2022-25887

In HCL BigFix existieren mehrere Schwachstellen. Diese sind sowohl im Quellcode als auch in Open-Source-Komponenten zu finden. Ein Angreifer kann diese Schwachstellen ausnutzen, um die Verfügbarkeit, die Vertraulichkeit und die Integrität zu gefährden.

Known affected: 4 products

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WID-SEC-W-2023-0272

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2023-02-02 23:00 - Updated: 2023-02-02 23:00

Summary

IBM Business Automation Workflow: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of Service

Severity

Mittel

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2022-25887.

CVE-2022-25887

Es existiert eine Schwachstelle in IBM Business Automation Workflow. Diese besteht in der Komponente "Node.js" und ist auf eine fehlerhafte Verwendung von regulären Ausdrücken zurückzuführen. Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann diese Schwachstelle ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.

Known affected: 8 products

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CVE-2022-25887 (GCVE-0-2022-25887)

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GSD-2022-25887

RHSA-2022:7313

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-25887 (CVE-2022-25887)

WID-SEC-W-2022-2368

WID-SEC-W-2023-0272

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