CVE-2022-37620 (High) detected in html-minifier-3.5.19.tgz, html-minifier-3.5.18.tgz

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CVE-2022-37620 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Libraries - html-minifier-3.5.19.tgz, html-minifier-3.5.18.tgz

html-minifier-3.5.19.tgz

Highly configurable, well-tested, JavaScript-based HTML minifier.

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/html-minifier/-/html-minifier-3.5.19.tgz

Path to dependency file: /Section30-Building-A-FullStack-App-With-React/fullstack-todo-app/todos-react-frontent/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /Section28-The-Virtual-DOM-Events-and-Forms/memory-game-exercise/node_modules/html-minifier/package.json,/Section28-The-Virtual-DOM-Events-and-Forms/memory-game-exercise/node_modules/html-minifier/package.json,/Section28-The-Virtual-DOM-Events-and-Forms/memory-game-exercise/node_modules/html-minifier/package.json,/Section28-The-Virtual-DOM-Events-and-Forms/memory-game-exercise/node_modules/html-minifier/package.json,/Section28-The-Virtual-DOM-Events-and-Forms/memory-game-exercise/node_modules/html-minifier/package.json,/Section28-The-Virtual-DOM-Events-and-Forms/memory-game-exercise/node_modules/html-minifier/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• react-scripts-1.1.4.tgz (Root Library)
  • html-webpack-plugin-2.29.0.tgz
    • ❌ html-minifier-3.5.19.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

html-minifier-3.5.18.tgz

Highly configurable, well-tested, JavaScript-based HTML minifier.

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/html-minifier/-/html-minifier-3.5.18.tgz

Path to dependency file: /Section26-Create-React-App-and-Props/recipe-props-starter/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /Section28-The-Virtual-DOM-Events-and-Forms/recipe-app-with-state/node_modules/html-minifier/package.json,/Section28-The-Virtual-DOM-Events-and-Forms/recipe-app-with-state/node_modules/html-minifier/package.json,/Section28-The-Virtual-DOM-Events-and-Forms/recipe-app-with-state/node_modules/html-minifier/package.json,/Section28-The-Virtual-DOM-Events-and-Forms/recipe-app-with-state/node_modules/html-minifier/package.json,/Section28-The-Virtual-DOM-Events-and-Forms/recipe-app-with-state/node_modules/html-minifier/package.json,/Section28-The-Virtual-DOM-Events-and-Forms/recipe-app-with-state/node_modules/html-minifier/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• react-scripts-1.1.4.tgz (Root Library)
  • html-webpack-plugin-2.29.0.tgz
    • ❌ html-minifier-3.5.18.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: d80f181a2f4dd1169fbef38813309ffdd4ad82d4

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) flaw was found in kangax html-minifier 4.0.0 via the candidate variable in htmlminifier.js.

Publish Date: 2022-10-31

URL: CVE-2022-37620

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

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