CVE-2018-7651 is a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability affecting the ssri module (versions prior to 5.2.2) for Node.js. An attacker can exploit this by providing a long base64 hash string in strict mode, leading to a denial of service. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability requires high attack complexity but can result in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ssri_project:ssri:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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