PT-2023-4760 · Node.Js · Word-Wrap

Carter Snook · Published 2023-06-22 · Updated 2026-06-04 · CVE-2023-26115

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions word-wrap versions all

Description The issue is related to the use of a regular expression with inefficient computational complexity in the word-wrap module of the Node.js platform. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. The vulnerability is due to the usage of an insecure regular expression within the result variable.

Recommendations For all versions, consider disabling the use of the word-wrap module until a secure version is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the input to the result variable to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-1333

Related Identifiers

AZL-43867

AZL-44184

BDU:2023-05201

CVE-2023-26115

GHSA-J8XG-FQG3-53R7

Affected Products

Word-Wrap

References · 20

• 🔥 https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-WORDWRAP-3149973 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-4058657 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26115 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-44184 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-j8xg-fqg3-53r7 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2023-26115 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-43867 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-26115 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-05201 · Security Note
• https://github.com/jonschlinkert/word-wrap/releases/tag/1.2.4 · Note
• https://github.com/jonschlinkert/word-wrap/blob/master/index.js%23L39 · Note
• https://github.com/jonschlinkert/word-wrap/blob/master/index.js#L39 · Note
• https://github.com/jonschlinkert/word-wrap · Note
• https://github.com/jonschlinkert/word-wrap/commit/420dce9a2412b21881202b73a3c34f0edc53cb2e · Note
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023082858 · Note