CVE-2020-7754 Information

Description

This affects the package npm-user-validate before 1.0.1. The regex that validates user emails took exponentially longer to process long input strings beginning with @ characters.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

https://github.com/npm/npm-user-validate/commit/c8a87dac1a4cc6988b5418f30411a8669bef204e https://github.com/npm/npm-user-validate/security/advisories/GHSA-xgh6-85xh-479p https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1019353 https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NPMUSERVALIDATE-1019352

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5