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🛡️ GHSA-8x6c-cv3v-vp6g — cacheable-request

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-1333 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
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Description

Withdrawn: cacheable-request depends on http-cache-semantics, which is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service

This advisory is withdawn.

cacheable-request depends on http-cache-semanttics, which contains an Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in versions prior to 4.1.1 of that package. cacheable-request has been updated to rely on the fixed version in 10.2.7.

Summary of http-cache-semantics vulnerability

http-cache semantics contains an Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity , leading to Denial of Service. This affects versions of the package http-cache-semantics before 4.1.1. The issue can be exploited via malicious request header values sent to a server, when that server reads the cache policy from the request using this library.

Details

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rc47-6667-2j5j

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

GHSA-8x6c-cv3v-vp6g is classified as CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. A regular expression backtracks catastrophically on crafted input, consuming CPU out of proportion to input size.

Affected software

GHSA-8x6c-cv3v-vp6g is recorded against 1 package.

  • cacheable-request

Timeline and source

Published on 11 February 2023 and last revised on 14 February 2023. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
github.com (Package)

Other advisories for this package

cacheable-request has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity) in other software:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-1333
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2023-02-11
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2023-02-14
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
cacheable-request — —

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