CVE-2017-16137

nodejs-debug: Regular expression Denial of Service

Published Jun 7, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 2.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter. It takes around 50k characters to block for 2 seconds making this a low severity issue.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0400 The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter. It takes around 50k characters to block for 2 seconds making this a low severity issue.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-gxpj-cx7g-858c Regular Expression Denial of Service in debug
History
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
hackerone
Published
Updated
Oct 15, 2026, 3:54 PM
Reserved
Oct 29, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 7, 2018, 2:29 AM
Modified
Oct 15, 2026, 4:17 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 5, 2017, 12:00 AM