CVE-2023-25166 Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) Vulnerability
Medium 5.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-25166 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2023-25166 is a medium-severity vulnerability in hapijs formula, published on 8 Feb 2023.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25166 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected packages and fixed versions:
- @sideway/formula (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 3.0.1
- @sideway/formula (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 3.0.1
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25166/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25166/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-25166?
CVE-2023-25166 is a medium-severity vulnerability in hapijs formula, published on 8 Feb 2023.
Official description
formula is a math and string formula parser. In versions prior to 3.0.1 crafted user-provided strings to formula's parser might lead to polynomial execution time and a denial of service. Users should upgrade to 3.0.1+. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-1333
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-25166?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including @sideway/formula. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
@sideway/formula npm | All versions | 3.0.1 |
@sideway/formula npm | All versions | 3.0.1 |
Products include Hapi Formula.
How do I fix CVE-2023-25166?
Upgrade @sideway/formula to 3.0.1 or later.
Is CVE-2023-25166 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25166 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c2jc-4fpr-4vhg.