CVE-2017-20162

low-risk
Published 2023-01-05

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in vercel ms up to 1.x. This issue affects the function parse of the file index.js. The manipulation of the argument str leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.0.0 is able to address this issue. The patch is named caae2988ba2a37765d055c4eee63d383320ee662. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217451.

Do I need to act?

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0.31% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 4.3/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Ms

Affected Vendors

Vercel

References (11)

Patch https://github.com/vercel/ms/commit/caae2988ba2a37765d055c4eee63d383320ee662
Exploit https://github.com/vercel/ms/pull/89
Patch https://github.com/vercel/ms/releases/tag/2.0.0
Permissions Required https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217451
Permissions Required https://vuldb.com/?id.217451
Patch https://github.com/vercel/ms/commit/caae2988ba2a37765d055c4eee63d383320ee662
Exploit https://github.com/vercel/ms/pull/89
Patch https://github.com/vercel/ms/releases/tag/2.0.0
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241108-0002/
Permissions Required https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217451
Permissions Required https://vuldb.com/?id.217451
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal