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CVE-2021-23362

The package hosted-git-info before 3.0.8 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via regular expr

The package hosted-git-info before 3.0.8 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via regular expression shortcutMatch in the fromUrl function in index.js. The affected regular expression exhibits polynomial worst-case time complexity.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 0.00554
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-1333Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
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Affected Products & Versions

3
npmjs hosted-git-info>= 2.0.0 and < 2.8.9
npmjs hosted-git-info>= 3.0.0 and < 3.0.8
siemens sinec infrastructure network services< 1.0.1.1
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
npm hosted-git-info MODERATE fixed in 2.8.9
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
pocsnyk.io · SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1088356snyk.io
pocsnyk.io · SNYK-JS-HOSTEDGITINFO-1088355snyk.io
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Scoring & Timeline

5.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · report@snyk.io
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD23 Mar 2021 · 05:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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Vendor Advisories

26
usnUSN-5216-1
siemens-csafSSA-389290
rhsaRHSA-2021:3638Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2021:3639Moderate
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2021:1113-1
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdfPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/npm/hosted-git-info/commit/29adfe5ef789784c861b2cdeb15051ec2ba651a7PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/npm/hosted-git-info/commit/8d4b3697d79bcd89cdb36d1db165e3696c783a01PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/npm/hosted-git-info/commit/bede0dc38e1785e732bf0a48ba6f81a4a908eba3PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/npm/hosted-git-info/commits/v2PatchThird Party Advisory
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