Regular expression denial of service in Meta react-native
Priority LOW 36CWE-1333Published · 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
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-1333.
Summary
A regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability in the validateBaseUrl function can cause the application to use excessive resources, become unresponsive, or crash. This was introduced in react-native version 0.59.0 and fixed in version 0.64.1.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01363 71st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed react-native (Facebook): 0.64.1react-native (npm): 0.62.3, 0.64.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta | react-native | 0.59.0 and later | 0.64.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | react-native (npm) | 0.59.0 to before 0.62.3 | 0.62.3 | Patch available | GHSA-7f53-fmmv-mfjv |
| — | react-native (npm) | 0.63.0 to before 0.64.1 | 0.64.1 | Patch available | GHSA-7f53-fmmv-mfjv |
- react-native VendorMeta Affected 0.59.0 and later Fixed in 0.64.1 Patch available CNA
- react-native (npm) Vendor— Affected 0.59.0 to before 0.62.3 Fixed in 0.62.3 Patch available GHSA-7f53-fmmv-mfjv
- react-native (npm) Vendor— Affected 0.63.0 to before 0.64.1 Fixed in 0.64.1 Patch available GHSA-7f53-fmmv-mfjv
Remediation
- Fix · CNA react-native (Facebook) Fixed in 0.64.1
- Fix · GHSA-7f53-fmmv-mfjv react-native (npm) Fixed in 0.62.3 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-7f53-fmmv-mfjv react-native (npm) Fixed in 0.64.1 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-1920
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7f53-fmmv-mfjv
References
Advisory 3
Sources
- CVE-2020-1920 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-1920 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7f53-fmmv-mfjv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2020-1920 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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