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{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/12028?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-zfmv-3d1v-qye6", "summary": "Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in braces\nA vulnerability was found in Braces versions from v2.2.0 up to but not including v2.3.1. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks. This has been patched in version 2.3.1.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2018-1109" }, { "alias": "GHSA-cwfw-4gq5-mrqx" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/932116?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/node-braces@0?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/node-braces@0%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/932117?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/node-braces@3.0.2%2B~3.0.0-1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-mssa-dgz3-w7fh" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/node-braces@3.0.2%252B~3.0.0-1%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/932115?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/node-braces@3.0.2%2B~3.0.1-1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, 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"weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 400, "name": "Uncontrolled Resource Consumption", "description": "The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources." }, { "cwe_id": 937, "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013." }, { "cwe_id": 1035, "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017." }, { "cwe_id": 1333, "name": "Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity", "description": "The product uses a regular expression with an inefficient, possibly exponential worst-case computational complexity that consumes excessive CPU cycles." } ], "exploits": [], "severity_range_score": "0.1 - 4.0", "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "3.6", "risk_score": 1.8, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-zfmv-3d1v-qye6" }