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GHSA-HX9M-JF43-8FFR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-21 16:57 – Updated: 2026-05-20 00:53

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"
      },
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0.2.0"
            },
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              "fixed": "1.4.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-23956"
  ],
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    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-1333"
    ],
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    "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": "2026-05-20T00:53:27Z",
  "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/lxsmnsyc/seroval/blob/v0.2.0/packages/seroval/src/index.ts#L90"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
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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"
    }
  ],
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}

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-22 01:23 – Updated: 2026-05-20 00:53

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 0.2.0 through 1.4.0, 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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-01-22 19:14 UTC

CWE

CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Assigner

GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7640 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/lxsmnsyc/seroval/security/advi…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/lxsmnsyc/seroval/commit/ce9408…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/lxsmnsyc/seroval/blob/v0.2.0/p…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
lxsmnsyc	seroval	Affected: >= 0.2.0, < 1.4.1

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