High severity · published Oct 27, 2020
CVE-2020-7754
This affects the package npm-user-validate before 1.0.1
7.5
CVSS
3.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
This affects the package npm-user-validate before 1.0.1. The regex that validates user emails took exponentially longer to process long input strings beginning with @ characters.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.5% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NP
Npm-user-validate · Npmjs
before 1.0.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7754
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7754
Patch
https://github.com/npm/npm-user-validate/commit/c8a87dac1a4cc6988b5418f30411a8669bef204e
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/npm/npm-user-validate/security/advisories/GHSA-xgh6-85xh-479p
Exploit
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1019353
Exploit
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NPMUSERVALIDATE-1019352