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CVE-2022-25887

The package sanitize-html before 2.7.1 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to insecure gl

The package sanitize-html before 2.7.1 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to insecure global regular expression replacement logic of HTML comment removal.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 0.00447
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-1333Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
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Affected Products & Versions

1
apostrophecms sanitize-html< 2.7.1
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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 sanitize-html HIGH fixed in 2.7.1
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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 NVD30 Aug 2022 · 05:15 AM
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

2
usnUSN-7464-1
rhsaRHSA-2022:7313Moderate
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/commit/b4682c12fd30e12e82fa2d9b766de91d7d2cd23cPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/pull/557Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-3008102PatchThird Party Advisory
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SANITIZEHTML-2957526PatchThird Party Advisory
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