nodejs-parsejson: Regular Denial of Service
Published Jun 7, 2018
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.51%
Description
The parsejson module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into it to be parsed.
Affected products
-
- Version <=0.0.3StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HackerOne | Parsejson Node Module | n/a |
|
- ≤ 0.0.3
No data.
Red Hat Quay 3
quay/quay-rhel8
Not affected
Red Hat Virtualization 4
ovirt-engine-dashboard
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Quay 3 | quay/quay-rhel8 | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 | ovirt-engine-dashboard | Not affected | n/a |
parsejson
npm
Introduced 0 Fixed not fixed
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | parsejson | 0 | not fixed |
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Quay includes the parsejson library as a build time dependency. It's included by karma for testing, and is not used as runtime.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.51% (0.01508) | 73.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.51% (0.01508) | 73.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.11% (0.00115) | 45.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 5, 2024 | 0.11% (0.00115) | 44.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.11% (0.00108) | 41.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.78% (0.00777) | 21.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.78% (0.00777) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (8)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16113 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1588385 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q75g-2496-mxpp Advisory
- https://github.com/get/parsejson/issues/4 x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/528 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16113
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16113
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/528
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16113 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1588385 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q75g-2496-mxpp | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/get/parsejson/issues/4 | x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/528 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16113 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16113 | ||
| https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/528 |
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