@sideway/formula contains Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) Vulnerability

MITTEL 6.5CVE-2023-25166 · GHSA-c2jc-4fpr-4vhg · Published 08/02/2023 · updated 28/10/2026

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CVE-2023-25166 ist eine Schwachstelle (MITTEL (CVSS 6.5)) in formula (hapi), @sideway/formula.
Wahrscheinlichkeit einer Ausnutzung in den nächsten 30 Tagen (EPSS): 0.61%, höher als bei 49.4% aller Schwachstellen.
Abhilfe: auf 3.0.1 oder neuer aktualisieren.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
formula hapi	`< 3.0.1`	`3.0.1`
@sideway/formula npm	`< 3.0.1`	`3.0.1`

Description

Impact

User-provided strings to formula's parser might lead to polynomial execution time.

Patches

Users should upgrade to 3.0.1+.

Workarounds

None.

NVD description

formula is a math and string formula parser. In versions prior to 3.0.1 crafted user-provided strings to formula's parser might lead to polynomial execution time and a denial of service. Users should upgrade to 3.0.1+. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

References

hapijs/formula security advisory · WEB
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25166 · ADVISORY
hapijs/formula commit 9fbc20a · WEB
hapijs/formula · PACKAGE

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