CVE-2017-16117 json
Regular Expression Denial of Service in slug
published 2018-06-07 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-jxqq-cqm6-pfq9 , EUVD-2018-0292
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.6%
- EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
slug is a module to slugify strings, even if they contain unicode. slug is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service is specially crafted untrusted input is passed as input. About 50k characters can block the event loop for 2 seconds.
Patch / fix
- npm slug 0.9.2
Exploit prediction
1.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | slug | <0.9.2 |
0.9.2 |
Affected products
- HackerOne slug node module
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
-
github.com
/dodo/node-slug/issues/82
web, third-party-advisory
-
nodesecurity.io
/advisories/537
third-party-advisory
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16117
advisory
-
github.com
/advisories/GHSA-jxqq-cqm6-pfq9
advisory
-
npmjs.com
/advisories/537
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2017-16117
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-jxqq-cqm6-pfq9
- NVD CVE-2017-16117
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