GHSA-gh4w-rw27-p87x json
ReDoS in argparse's `int` type conversion (`ArgumentParser.parse_args`) when `parse_args` receives untrusted argv input
published 27d ago modified 27d ago
Unreviewed: the maintainers' own advisory
Published by the maintainers on their GitHub repository nodeca/argparse. GitHub has not reviewed it into the GitHub Advisory Database and no CVE record has reached us yet, so everything here comes from the maintainers alone. Read the full advisory on GitHub.
- cvss
- 5.1
- version 3.1, the maintainers
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- —
- no score, EPSS covers CVEs only
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Security advisory published by the maintainers of nodeca/argparse for argparse: the maintainers' own advisory, not a reviewed GitHub Advisory Database entry. The full advisory is on GitHub.
Patch / fix
- npm argparse 3.0.3
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Check with FencerCVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| the maintainers | 3.1 | 5.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | argparse | >=3.0.0, <3.0.3 |
3.0.3 |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
References
Sources
- Maintainer advisory GHSA-gh4w-rw27-p87x
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