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TI-2015-07618 Aliases CVE-2015-9239GHSA-c2v2-7rcg-2ch7

ansi2html is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) when certain types of user input is passed in.

Priority LOW 35CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

ansi2html is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) when certain types of user input is passed in.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01133 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
HackerOneansi2html node moduleAll versions—No fix listedCNA
—ansi2html (npm)0.0.0 and later—No fix listedGHSA-c2v2-7rcg-2ch7
  • ansi2html node module VendorHackerOne Affected All versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • ansi2html (npm) Vendor— Affected 0.0.0 and later Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-c2v2-7rcg-2ch7

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ansi2html_project:ansi2html:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*0.0.1VulnerableAnsi2html Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:ansi2html_project:ansi2html:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions 0.0.1 Vulnerable ·Ansi2html Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-9239
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c2v2-7rcg-2ch7

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

Sources

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