# CVE-2018-1107: It was discovered that the is-my-json-valid JavaScript library used an inefficient regular expression to validate JSON fields defined to hav

- Also known as: GHSA-4HPF-3WQ7-5RPR
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.17.2, 1.4.1
- Published: 2021-03-30 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a nodejs-is-my-json-valid: version range not reported
- is-my-json-valid (npm): from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.17.2
- is-my-json-valid (npm): fixed in 1.4.1

## Description

It was discovered that the is-my-json-valid JavaScript library used an inefficient regular expression to validate JSON fields defined to have email format. A specially crafted JSON file could cause it to consume an excessive amount of CPU time when validated.

## What to do

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1546357
- https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:is-my-json-valid:20180214

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