CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-26308

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Published: Oct 26, 2024 | Modified: Sep 23, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Validate.js provides a declarative way of validating javascript objects. Versions 0.13.1 and prior contain one or more regular expressions that are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). As of time of publication, no known patches are available.

Weakness

The product uses a regular expression with a worst-case computational complexity that is inefficient and possibly exponential.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Validate.jsValidatejs*0.13.1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References