CVE-2018-20801
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
Regular Expression Denial of Service in highcharts
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | highcharts | <6.1.0 | 6.1.0 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20801
- https://github.com/highcharts/highcharts/commit/7c547e1e0f5e4379f94396efd559a566668c0dfa
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xmc8-cjfr-phx3
- https://github.com/highcharts/highcharts
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190715-0001
- https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:highcharts:20180225
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/793
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.