Security Vuln In Semver Dependency

[pankajvalecha]

Hi Team,

Using version 17.1.0 of eslint-config-standard where it is using semver version 6.3.0

Versions of the package semver before 7.5.2 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the function new Range, when untrusted user data is provided as a range.

CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

CVSSv3:

Base Score: HIGH (7.5)
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References:

OSSINDEX - [CVE-2022-25883] CWE-1333
OSSIndex - http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2022-25883
OSSIndex - npm/node-semver#564
OSSIndex - https://vuldb.com/?id.232060

[rostislav-simonik]

We are doing our best to keep our direct dependencies up to date. Otherwise, there is not much we can do for nested dependencies. If you care enough, go ahead and contribute upstream.