PT-2021-21320
CVE-2021-36716
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Published
2021-07-14
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Updated
2022-05-03
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.5
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Segment is-email package versions prior to 1.0.1
Description
A ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) flaw was found in the Segment is-email package for Node.js. An attacker able to provide crafted input to the
isEmail(input) function may cause an application to consume an excessive amount of CPU. The issue is related to the validation of email addresses.Recommendations
For versions prior to 1.0.1, update to version 1.0.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the
isEmail(input) function until a patch is available. Found an issue in the description? Have something to add? Feel free to write us 👾