Description
v8n is a javascript validation library. Versions of v8n prior to 1.5.1 were found to have an inefficient regular expression complexity in the `lowercase()` and `uppercase()` regex which could lead to a denial of service attack. In testing of the `lowercase()` function a payload of 'a' + 'a'.repeat(i) + 'A' with 32 leading characters took 29443 ms to execute. The same issue happens with uppercase(). Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0043
EPSS Percentile
62.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-1333
CWE-400
Status
published
Products (2)
npm/v8n
0 - 1.5.1npm
v8n_project/v8n
< 1.5.1
Published
Aug 02, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026