Description
uap-core in an open-source npm package which contains the core of BrowserScope's original user agent string parser. In uap-core before version 0.11.0, some regexes are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service (REDoS) due to overlapping capture groups. This allows remote attackers to overload a server by setting the User-Agent header in an HTTP(S) request to maliciously crafted long strings. This is fixed in version 0.11.0. Downstream packages such as uap-python, uap-ruby etc which depend upon uap-core follow different version schemes.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/ua-parser/uap-core/security/advisories/GHSA-p4pj-mg4r-x6v4
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/ua-parser/uap-core/commit/dc9925d458214cfe87b93e35346980612f6ae96c
Product, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.npmjs.com/package/uap-core
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0148
EPSS Percentile
81.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Details
CWE
CWE-1333
CWE-400
Status
published
Products (2)
npm/uap-core
0 - 0.11.0npm
uap-core_project/uap-core
< 0.11.0
Published
Feb 16, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026