VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-16117

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.56%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-06-07
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Primary references