# CVE-2021-32816: Regular expression Denial of Service in ProtonMail

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.16.60
- Published: 2021-05-14 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- ProtonMail WebClient: fixed in 3.16.60

## Description

ProtonMail Web Client is the official AngularJS web client for the ProtonMail secure email service. ProtonMail Web Client before version 3.16.60 has a regular expression denial-of-service vulnerability. This was fixed in commit 6687fb. There is a full report available in the referenced GHSL-2021-027.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ProtonMail WebClient, upgrade to a fixed version (3.16.60) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2021-027-redos-ProtonMail/
- https://github.com/ProtonMail/WebClient/commit/6687fbb867ef872c96cf4fde68cb6e9c58d3fddc

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