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TI-2026-19340 Aliases CVE-2026-24001GHSA-73rr-hh4g-fpgx

jsdiff has a Denial of Service vulnerability in parsePatch and applyPatch

Priority LOW 21CWE-1333Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Low
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-1333.

Summary

jsdiff is a JavaScript text differencing implementation. Prior to versions 8.0.3, 5.2.2, 4.0.4, and 3.5.1, attempting to parse a patch whose filename headers contain the line break characters `\r`, `\u2028`, or `\u2029` can cause the `parsePatch` method to enter an infinite loop. It then consumes memory without limit until the process crashes due to running out of memory. Applications are therefore likely to be vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack if they call `parsePatch` with a user-provided patch as input. A large payload is not needed to trigger the vulnerability, so size limits on user input do not provide any protection. Furthermore, some applications may be vulnerable even when calling `parsePatch` on a patch generated by the application itself if the user is nonetheless able to control the filename headers (e.g. by directly providing the filenames of the files to be diffed). The `applyPatch` method is similarly affected if (and only if) called with a string representation of a patch as an argument, since under the hood it parses that string using `parsePatch`. Other methods of the library are unaffected. Finally, a second and lesser interdependent bug - a ReDOS - also exhibits when those same line break characters are present in a patch's *patch* header (also known as its "leading garbage"). A maliciously-crafted patch header of length *n* can take `parsePatch` O(*n*³) time to parse. Versions 8.0.3, 5.2.2, 4.0.4, and 3.5.1 contain a fix. As a workaround, do not attempt to parse patches that contain any of these characters: `\r`, `\u2028`, or `\u2029`.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00616 49th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial jsdiff (kpdecker): 8.0.3, 5.2.2, 4.0.4 +1diff (npm): 8.0.3, 5.2.2, 4.0.4 +1Red Hat: 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
kpdeckerjsdiff6.0.0 to before 8.0.3; 5.0.0 to before 5.2.2; 4.0.0 to before 4.0.4; before 3.5.18.0.3, 5.2.2, 4.0.4, 3.5.1Patch availableCNA
—diff (npm)6.0.0 to before 8.0.38.0.3Patch availableGHSA-73rr-hh4g-fpgx
—diff (npm)5.0.0 to before 5.2.25.2.2Patch availableGHSA-73rr-hh4g-fpgx
—diff (npm)4.0.0 to before 4.0.44.0.4Patch availableGHSA-73rr-hh4g-fpgx
—diff (npm)before 3.5.13.5.1Patch availableGHSA-73rr-hh4g-fpgx
  • jsdiff Vendorkpdecker Affected 6.0.0 to before 8.0.3; 5.0.0 to before 5.2.2; 4.0.0 to before 4.0.4; before 3.5.1 Fixed in 8.0.3, 5.2.2, 4.0.4, 3.5.1 Patch available CNA
  • diff (npm) Vendor— Affected 6.0.0 to before 8.0.3 Fixed in 8.0.3 Patch available GHSA-73rr-hh4g-fpgx
  • diff (npm) Vendor— Affected 5.0.0 to before 5.2.2 Fixed in 5.2.2 Patch available GHSA-73rr-hh4g-fpgx
  • diff (npm) Vendor— Affected 4.0.0 to before 4.0.4 Fixed in 4.0.4 Patch available GHSA-73rr-hh4g-fpgx
  • diff (npm) Vendor— Affected before 3.5.1 Fixed in 3.5.1 Patch available GHSA-73rr-hh4g-fpgx

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:kpdecker:jsdiff:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*before 3.5.1; 4.0.0 to before 4.0.4; 5.0.0 to before 5.2.2; 6.0.0 to before 8.0.3Vulnerablekpdecker
  • cpe:2.3:a:kpdecker:jsdiff:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 3.5.1; 4.0.0 to before 4.0.4; 5.0.0 to before 5.2.2; 6.0.0 to before 8.0.3 Vulnerable ·kpdecker

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA jsdiff (kpdecker) Fixed in 8.0.3, 5.2.2, 4.0.4, 3.5.1
  • Fix · GHSA-73rr-hh4g-fpgx diff (npm) Fixed in 8.0.3 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-73rr-hh4g-fpgx diff (npm) Fixed in 5.2.2 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-73rr-hh4g-fpgx diff (npm) Fixed in 4.0.4 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-73rr-hh4g-fpgx diff (npm) Fixed in 3.5.1 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Satellite 6AffectedNo fix yet

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-24001
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-73rr-hh4g-fpgx

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