word-wrap vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service

HIGH 7.5CVE-2023-26115 · GHSA-j8xg-fqg3-53r7 · Published 22/06/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-26115 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting word-wrap (word-wrap project), word-wrap.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.7%, higher than 77.5% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.2.4 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
word-wrap word-wrap_project	`< 1.2.4`	`1.2.4`
word-wrap npm	`< 1.2.4`	`1.2.4`

Description

All versions of the package word-wrap are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to the usage of an insecure regular expression within the result variable.

NVD description

All versions of the package word-wrap are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to the usage of an insecure regular expression within the result variable.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26115 · ADVISORY
jonschlinkert/word-wrap commit 420dce9 · WEB
jonschlinkert/word-wrap · PACKAGE
jonschlinkert/word-wrap · WEB
jonschlinkert/word-wrap · WEB
jonschlinkert/word-wrap release 1.2.4 · WEB
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006 · WEB
security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-4058657 · WEB
security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-WORDWRAP-3149973 · WEB
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006

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