CVE-2022-25858 (Medium) detected in terser-4.8.0.tgz

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CVE-2022-25858 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - terser-4.8.0.tgz

JavaScript parser, mangler/compressor and beautifier toolkit for ES6+

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/terser/-/terser-4.8.0.tgz

Path to dependency file: /client/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /client/node_modules/terser/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• webpack-4.46.0.tgz (Root Library)
  • terser-webpack-plugin-1.4.5.tgz
    • ❌ terser-4.8.0.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 81f8b3f5658022f994993a18a7653667705b7f6e

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

The package terser before 4.8.1, from 5.0.0 and before 5.14.2 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to insecure usage of regular expressions.

Publish Date: 2022-07-15

URL: CVE-2022-25858

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-25858

Release Date: 2022-07-15

Fix Resolution (terser): 4.8.1

Direct dependency fix Resolution (webpack): 4.47.0

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