sanitize-html up to 2.7.0 HTML Comment incorrect regex

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in sanitize-html up to 2.7.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component HTML Comment Handler. This manipulation causes incorrect regex. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2022-25887. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in sanitize-html up to 2.7.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component HTML Comment Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a incorrect regex vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-185. The product specifies a regular expression in a way that causes data to be improperly matched or compared. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

The package sanitize-html before 2.7.1 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to insecure global regular expression replacement logic of HTML comment removal.

The weakness was presented 08/30/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-25887 since 02/24/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 2.7.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch b4682c12fd30e12e82fa2d9b766de91d7d2cd23c is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Incorrect regex
CWE: CWE-185 / CWE-697
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: sanitize-html 2.7.1
Patch: b4682c12fd30e12e82fa2d9b766de91d7d2cd23c

Timelineinfo

02/24/2022 🔍
08/30/2022 +186 days 🔍
08/30/2022 +0 days 🔍
10/10/2022 +41 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: b4682c12fd30e12e82fa2d9b766de91d7d2cd23c
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-25887 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-25887
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-207583

Entryinfo

Created: 08/30/2022 14:11
Updated: 10/10/2022 08:44
Changes: 08/30/2022 14:11 (51), 10/10/2022 08:39 (1), 10/10/2022 08:44 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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