# CVE-2020-26305: GHSL-2020-291: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in CommonRegexJS

- Also known as: GHSA-PMVV-57RG-5G86
- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Green
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-10-26 · Updated: 2024-10-28

## Affected

- talyssonoc CommonRegexJS: 0
- commonregex (npm): through 0.3.1

## Description

CommonRegexJS is a CommonRegex port for JavaScript. All available versions contain one or more regular expressions that are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). As of time of publication, no known patches are available.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on talyssonoc CommonRegexJS, commonregex, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-291-redos-CommonRegexJS/
- https://github.com/talyssonoc/CommonRegexJS/issues/4

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