Vulnerability Details : CVE-2020-7662
Potential exploit
websocket-extensions npm module prior to 0.1.4 allows Denial of Service (DoS) via Regex Backtracking. The extension parser may take quadratic time when parsing a header containing an unclosed string parameter value whose content is a repeating two-byte sequence of a backslash and some other character. This could be abused by an attacker to conduct Regex Denial Of Service (ReDoS) on a single-threaded server by providing a malicious payload with the Sec-WebSocket-Extensions header.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2020-7662
- cpe:2.3:a:websocket-extensions_project:websocket-extensions:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-7662
0.26%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 49 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2020-7662
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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5.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
10.0
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2.9
|
NIST | |
7.5
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HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
3.9
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3.6
|
NIST |
References for CVE-2020-7662
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https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-WEBSOCKETEXTENSIONS-570623
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in websocket-extensions | SnykExploit;Technical Description;Third Party Advisory
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https://github.com/faye/websocket-extensions-node/security/advisories/GHSA-g78m-2chm-r7qv
ReDoS vulnerability in Sec-WebSocket-Extensions parser · Advisory · faye/websocket-extensions-node · GitHubExploit;Third Party Advisory
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https://github.com/faye/websocket-extensions-node/commit/29496f6838bfadfe5a2f85dff33ed0ba33873237
Remove ReDoS vulnerability in the Sec-WebSocket-Extensions header parser · faye/websocket-extensions-node@29496f6 · GitHubPatch;Third Party Advisory
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https://blog.jcoglan.com/2020/06/02/redos-vulnerability-in-websocket-extensions
ReDoS vulnerability in websocket-extensions – The If WorksExploit;Third Party Advisory
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