# CVE-2023-30858: Denosaurs emoji has ReDoS vulnerability in \`replace\` function

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.3.0
- Published: 2023-04-28 · Updated: 2025-01-30

## Affected

- denosaurs emoji: fixed in 0.3.0

## Description

The Denosaurs emoji package provides emojis for dinosaurs. Starting in version 0.1.0 and prior to version 0.3.0, the reTrimSpace regex has 2nd degree polynomial inefficiency, leading to a delayed response given a big payload. The issue has been patched in 0.3.0. As a workaround, avoid using the `replace`, `unemojify`, or `strip` functions.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on denosaurs emoji, upgrade to a fixed version (0.3.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/denosaurs/emoji/security/advisories/GHSA-w2xx-hjhp-gx5v
- https://github.com/denosaurs/emoji/pull/11
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/444f2255-5085-466f-ba0e-5549fa8846a3/

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