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Vulnerability details: VCID-522z-vrxn-k3bx
Vulnerability ID VCID-522z-vrxn-k3bx
Aliases GHSA-798h-g4j5-5537
Summary Duplicate Advisory: PapaParse Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity vulnerability ## Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-qvjc-g5vr-mfgr. This link is maintained to preserve external references. ## Original Description A vulnerability was found in mholt PapaParse up to 5.1.x. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file papaparse.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. Upgrading to version 5.2.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 235a12758cd77266d2e98fd715f53536b34ad621. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-218004.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-798h-g4j5-5537
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/commit/235a12758cd77266d2e98fd715f53536b34ad621
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/commit/235a12758cd77266d2e98fd715f53536b34ad621
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/issues/777
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/issues/777
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/pull/779
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/pull/779
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/releases/tag/5.2.0
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/releases/tag/5.2.0
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36649
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36649
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218004
generic_textual HIGH https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218004
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://vuldb.com/?id.218004
generic_textual HIGH https://vuldb.com/?id.218004
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse
https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/commit/235a12758cd77266d2e98fd715f53536b34ad621
https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/issues/777
https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/pull/779
https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/releases/tag/5.2.0
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36649
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218004
https://vuldb.com/?id.218004
GHSA-798h-g4j5-5537 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-798h-g4j5-5537
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/commit/235a12758cd77266d2e98fd715f53536b34ad621
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/issues/777
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/pull/779
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/releases/tag/5.2.0
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36649
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218004
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://vuldb.com/?id.218004
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No EPSS data available for this vulnerability.

Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:14:17.080076+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/01/GHSA-798h-g4j5-5537/GHSA-798h-g4j5-5537.json 36.1.3