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CVE-2020-26303
insane vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service
Impact
insane is a whitelist-oriented HTML sanitizer. Versions 2.6.2 and prior contain one or more regular expressions that are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). As of time of publication, no known patches are available.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | insane | <= 2.6.2 | none recorded |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Bevacqua | Insane | through 2.6.2 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/bevacqua/insane/issues/19
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-289-redos-insane/
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w455-mfq9-hf74
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26303
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-289-redos-insane