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GHSA-VCC3-GHJQ-M6FR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-31 22:10 – Updated: 2026-08-31 22:10

Summary

decode-uri-component: Denial of service via exponential decoding of malformed percent-encoded input

Details

Impact

An attacker who can supply input to decodeUriComponent() (directly or via a dependency that uses this package on URL/query/path data) can cause excessive CPU usage and application unresponsiveness. This is an availability issue; there is no known memory corruption, data disclosure, or remote code execution impact.

Patches

Upgrade to decode-uri-component@0.5.0.

Workarounds

Limit the size of the input.

Severity

6.6 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

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      },
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            {
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-45822"
  ],
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    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-1176",
      "CWE-400",
      "CWE-405",
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  },
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  "id": "GHSA-vcc3-ghjq-m6fr",
  "modified": "2026-08-31T22:10:20Z",
  "published": "2026-08-31T22:10:20Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/SamVerschueren/decode-uri-component/security/advisories/GHSA-vcc3-ghjq-m6fr"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45822"
    },
    {
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      "url": "https://github.com/SamVerschueren/decode-uri-component/commit/fa479dafeede7bedf04e5c89aa78f2a78c664005"
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber",
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}

CVE-2026-45822 (GCVE-0-2026-45822)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-30 08:05 – Updated: 2026-06-30 12:49

Summary

decode-uri-component through 0.4.1 is vulnerable to denial of service. The decode() function splits input on '%' producing N tokens and calls decodeComponents(), exhibiting super-linear parsing time: 200 '%ab' tokens takes approximately 0.7s, 700 tokens approximately 6s, and 1400 tokens approximately 33s. An attacker can cause significant CPU consumption and event-loop blocking via crafted input.

Severity

6.6 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-06-30 12:49 UTC

CWE

CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-407 - Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

Assigner

seal mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/SamVerschueren/decode-uri-comp…
https://github.com/SamVerschueren/decode-uri-comp…
https://www.npmjs.com/package/decode-uri-component

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
SamVerschueren	decode-uri-component	Affected: 0.1.0 , < 0.5.0 (semver)

Credits

Seal Security

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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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