The package browserslist from 4.0.0 and before 4.16.5 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) during parsing of queries.
Weakness
The product uses a regular expression with a worst-case computational complexity that is inefficient and possibly exponential.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browserslist | Browserslist_project | 4.0.0 (including) | 4.16.5 (excluding) |
| Red Hat Quay 3 | RedHat | quay/quay-rhel8:v3.6.0-62 | * |
| Node-browserslist | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Node-browserslist | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Node-browserslist | Ubuntu | groovy | * |
| Node-browserslist | Ubuntu | hirsute | * |
| Node-browserslist | Ubuntu | impish | * |
| Node-browserslist | Ubuntu | kinetic | * |
| Node-browserslist | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Node-browserslist | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
References
- https://github.com/browserslist/browserslist/blob/e82f32d1d4100d6bc79ea0b6b6a2d281a561e33c/index.js%23L472-L474
- https://github.com/browserslist/browserslist/commit/c091916910dfe0b5fd61caad96083c6709b02d98
- https://github.com/browserslist/browserslist/pull/593
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1277182
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-BROWSERSLIST-1090194
- https://github.com/browserslist/browserslist/blob/e82f32d1d4100d6bc79ea0b6b6a2d281a561e33c/index.js%23L472-L474
- https://github.com/browserslist/browserslist/commit/c091916910dfe0b5fd61caad96083c6709b02d98
- https://github.com/browserslist/browserslist/pull/593
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1277182
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-BROWSERSLIST-1090194