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Fencer Vulns
low 3.5

CVE-2021-4437 json

dbartholomae lambda-middleware frameguard JSON Mime-Type JsonDeserializer.ts redos

published 2024-02-12 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-m3f4-957x-m785 , EUVD-2024-0667

cvss
3.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in dbartholomae lambda-middleware frameguard up to 1.0.4. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file packages/json-deserializer/src/JsonDeserializer.ts of the component JSON Mime-Type Handler. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. Upgrading to version 1.1.0 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as f689404d830cbc1edd6a1018d3334ff5f44dc6a6. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-253406 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Patch / fix

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 3.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CNA 3.0 3.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CNA 2.0 2.7 AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
GitHub 3.1 3.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm @lambda-middleware/json-deserializer
<1.1.0
1.1.0

Affected products

  • dbartholomae lambda-middleware frameguard

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

References

Sources

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