CVE-2018-7158
HIGHNode.js 4.x - Denial of Service via Regular Expression in 'path' Module
Title source: llmDescription
The `'path'` module in the Node.js 4.x release line contains a potential regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vector. The code in question was replaced in Node.js 6.x and later so this vulnerability only impacts all versions of Node.js 4.x. The regular expression, `splitPathRe`, used within the `'path'` module for the various path parsing functions, including `path.dirname()`, `path.extname()` and `path.parse()` was structured in such a way as to allow an attacker to craft a string, that when passed through one of these functions, could take a significant amount of time to evaluate, potentially leading to a full denial of service.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/march-2018-security-releases/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0126
EPSS Percentile
79.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-185
Status
published
Products (2)
nodejs/node.js
4.0.0 - 4.1.2
nodejs/node.js
4.2.0 - 4.9.1
Published
May 17, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026