A Regular Expression Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in esm before 3.1.0.
Priority LOW 38CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
A Regular Expression Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in esm before 3.1.0. The issue is that esm's find-indexes is using the unescaped identifiers in a regex, which, in this case, causes an infinite loop.
Why it matters now
Fix Fixed esm (npm): 3.1.0
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | esm (npm) | before 3.1.0 | 3.1.0 | Patch available | GHSA-qx4v-6gc5-f2vv |
- esm (npm) Vendor— Affected before 3.1.0 Fixed in 3.1.0 Patch available GHSA-qx4v-6gc5-f2vv
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-qx4v-6gc5-f2vv esm (npm) Fixed in 3.1.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-qx4v-6gc5-f2vv
References
Sources
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