CVSS 3.1
7.5 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCVE-2017-16116
High (7.5) in string project string. EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
The string module is a module that provides extra string operations. The string module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when specifically crafted untrusted user input is passed into the underscore or unescapeHTML methods.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 76% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-400
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- string_project:string
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-g36h-6r4f-3mqp | npm | string | <=3.3.3 | no fix published |