GHSA-fhg7-m89q-25r3

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fhg7-m89q-25r3

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/01/GHSA-fhg7-m89q-25r3/GHSA-fhg7-m89q-25r3.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-fhg7-m89q-25r3

Aliases

CVE-2022-25927

Published

2023-01-24T15:36:32Z

Modified

2025-10-17T16:52:22Z

Severity

7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

ReDoS Vulnerability in ua-parser-js version

Details

Description:

A regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability has been discovered in ua-parser-js.

Impact:

This vulnerability bypass the library's MAX_LENGTH input limit prevention. By crafting a very-very-long user-agent string with specific pattern, an attacker can turn the script to get stuck processing for a very long time which results in a denial of service (DoS) condition.

Affected Versions:

From version 0.7.30 to before versions 0.7.33 / 1.0.33.

Patches:

A patch has been released to remove the vulnerable regular expression, update to version 0.7.33 / 1.0.33 or later.

References:

Regular expression Denial of Service - ReDoS

Credits:

Thanks to @Snyk who first reported the issue.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-1333",
        "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-01-24T15:36:32Z",
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-01-26T21:15:00Z"
}

References

Affected packages

npm / ua-parser-js

Package

Name: ua-parser-js; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/ua-parser-js

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0.7.30

Fixed

0.7.33

npm / ua-parser-js

Package

Name: ua-parser-js; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/ua-parser-js

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0.8.0

Fixed

1.0.33