Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

published 2020-11-26 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-v6wh-2wvh-c8x5 , EUVD-2022-1191

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.8%; EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits: 0; none known

All versions of package djvalidator are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) by sending crafted invalid emails - for example, --@------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------!.

Exploit prediction

1.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

snyk.io https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-DJVALIDATOR-1018709 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/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
GitHub	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
npm	djvalidator	<=1.1.1	no fix listed

Affected products

n/a djvalidator

Classification

Weakness

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

snyk.io /vuln/SNYK-JS-DJVALIDATOR-1018709
web, exploit, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7779
advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-7779
GitHub Advisory GHSA-v6wh-2wvh-c8x5
NVD CVE-2020-7779

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Summary