CVE-2021-33587
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.020 · 81 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The css-what package 4.0.0 through 5.0.0 for Node.js does not ensure that attribute parsing has Linear Time Complexity relative to the size of the input.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (28)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2023-1350Splunk Splunk Enterprise: Mehrere Schwachstellen in Komponenten von DrittanbieternDeutsch2023-06-01csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Splunk Splunk Enterprise in diversen Komponenten von Drittanbietern ausnutzen, um einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.
- GHSA-q8pj-2vqx-8ggcDenial of service in css-what2021-06-07ghsa · osvUS
The css-what package 4.0.0 through 5.0.0 for Node.js does not ensure that attribute parsing has Linear Time Complexity relative to the size of the input.
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references (14)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-33587cnnvd
- https://github.com/fb55/css-what/releases/tag/v5.0.1cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00001.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210706-0007/cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Node-js-css-what-overload-via-Linear-Time-Complexity-35637cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.1378cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.2647cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.3143cnnvd
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