CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-21222
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-09-30
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1333
Description
The package css-what before 2.1.3 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to the usage of insecure regular expression in the re_attr variable of index.js. The exploitation of this vulnerability could be triggered via the parse function.
Affected configurations
• css-what project css-what (< 2.1.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity weakness
References
- https://github.com/fb55/css-what/blob/a38effd5a8f5506d75c7f8f13cbd8c76248a3860/index.js%23L12 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00001.html lists.debian.org
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CSSWHAT-3035488 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/fb55/css-what/blob/a38effd5a8f5506d75c7f8f13cbd8c76248a3860/index.js%23L12 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00001.html lists.debian.org
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CSSWHAT-3035488 Exploit, Third Party Advisory