Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in validator.js

HIGH 7.5CVE-2021-3765 · GHSA-qgmg-gppg-76g5 · Published 02/11/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-3765 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting validator (validator project), validator.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.8%, higher than 78.4% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 13.7.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
validator validator_project	`< 13.7.0`	`13.7.0`
validator npm	`< 13.7.0`	`13.7.0`

validator.js prior to 13.7.0 is vulnerable to Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

NVD description

validator.js is vulnerable to Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

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