# CVE-2026-45822: decode-uri-component through 0.4.1 is vulnerable to denial of service.

- Also known as: GHSA-VCC3-GHJQ-M6FR
- Severity: CVSS 6.6 (Medium), 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/E:U/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.5.0
- Published: 2026-06-30 · Updated: 2026-06-30

## Affected

- SamVerschueren decode-uri-component: from 0.1.0, fixed in 0.5.0
- decode-uri-component (npm): fixed in 0.5.0

## Description

decode-uri-component through 0.4.1 is vulnerable to denial of service. The decode() function splits input on '%' producing N tokens and calls decodeComponents(), exhibiting super-linear parsing time: 200 '%ab' tokens takes approximately 0.7s, 700 tokens approximately 6s, and 1400 tokens approximately 33s. An attacker can cause significant CPU consumption and event-loop blocking via crafted input.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on SamVerschueren decode-uri-component, decode-uri-component, upgrade to a fixed version (0.5.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/SamVerschueren/decode-uri-component/blob/00662938dc7c6241547ae8abce7785cc13ffd3f6/index.js
- https://github.com/SamVerschueren/decode-uri-component/commit/fa479dafeede7bedf04e5c89aa78f2a78c664005
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/decode-uri-component

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