PT-2018-6141 · Node.Js · Parsejson

Published 2018-06-07 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2017-16113

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: parsejson versions (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue concerns a regular expression denial of service that occurs when untrusted user input is passed into the parsejson module for parsing. This can lead to performance issues.

Recommendations: For all affected versions, consider using the native JSON.parse() function provided by Node.js instead of the parsejson module, as it offers better performance and security. As a temporary workaround, restrict the use of the parsejson module when dealing with untrusted user input to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Resource Exhaustion

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16113

GHSA-Q75G-2496-MXPP

Affected Products

Parsejson

References · 7

• 🔥 https://github.com/get/parsejson/issues/4 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16113 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-q75g-2496-mxpp · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16113 · Vendor Advisory
• https://npmjs.com/advisories/528 · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q75g-2496-mxpp · Note
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/528 · Note