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TI-2020-06284 Aliases CVE-2020-7767GHSA-cf2x-rqc8-grfq

Regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) in express-validators

Priority LOW 27CWE-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 · Low
Fix status
No fix listed

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

Summary

All versions of package express-validators are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) when validating specifically-crafted invalid urls.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0164 76th percentileScored 2026-11-07
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
—express-validatorsall versions—No fix listedCNA
—express-validators (npm)up to 1.0.4—No fix listedGHSA-cf2x-rqc8-grfq
  • express-validators Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • express-validators (npm) Vendor— Affected up to 1.0.4 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-cf2x-rqc8-grfq

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:express-validators_project:express-validators:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*all versionsVulnerableExpress-validators Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:express-validators_project:express-validators:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Express-validators Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-7767
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cf2x-rqc8-grfq

References

Advisory 1

Sources

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