CVE-2020-26256

Summary

CVECVE-2020-26256
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-12-08 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:20:00 UTC
DescriptionFast-csv is an npm package for parsing and formatting CSVs or any other delimited value file in node. In fast-cvs before version 4.3.6 there is a possible ReDoS vulnerability (Regular Expression Denial of Service) when using ignoreEmpty option when parsing. This has been patched in `v4.3.6` You will only be affected by this if you use the `ignoreEmpty` parsing option. If you do use this option it is recommended that you upgrade to the latest version `v4.3.6` This vulnerability was found using a CodeQL query which identified `EMPTY_ROW_REGEXP` regular expression as vulnerable.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application C2fo Fast-csv All All All All
Application C2fo Fast-csv All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
@fast-csv/parse - npm www.npmjs.com
Security Issue: Request for contact · Issue #540 · C2FO/fast-csv · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
fix: Simplify empty row check by removing complex regex · C2FO/fast-csv@4bbd39f · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
fast-csv MISC www.npmjs.com Product, Third Party Advisory
@fast-csv/parse - npm MISC www.npmjs.com Product, Third Party Advisory
Problem loading page MISC lgtm.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
ReDoS vulnerability when parsing with ignoreEmpty option · Advisory · C2FO/fast-csv · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 980483 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for @fast-csv/parse (GHSA-8cv5-p934-3hwp)

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