CVE-2017-16137
The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter. It takes around 50k characters to block for 2 seconds making this a low severity issue.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - EPSS
- 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 86% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWE
- CWE-400
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- debug_project:debug
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-gxpj-cx7g-858c | npm | debug | <2.6.9 | 2.6.9 |
| GHSA-gxpj-cx7g-858c | npm | debug | >=3.0.0 <3.1.0 | 3.1.0 |
| GHSA-gxpj-cx7g-858c | npm | debug | >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 | 3.2.7 |
| GHSA-gxpj-cx7g-858c | npm | debug | >=4.0.0 <4.3.1 | 4.3.1 |
References
- https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/501
- https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/pull/504
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ba4c628fba7181af58817d452119481adce4ba92e889c643e4c7dd3%40%3Ccommits.netbeans.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb5ac16fad337d1f3bb7079549f97d8166d0ef3082629417c39f12d63%40%3Cnotifications.netbeans.apache.org%3E
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/534