Regular Expression Denial of Service in parsejson
Affected versions of parsejson are vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when parsing untrusted user input.
Recommendation
The parsejson package has not been functionally updated since it was initially released.
Additionally, it provides functionality which is natively included in Node.js, and therefore the native JSON.parse() should be used, for both performance and security reasons.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm package | parsejson | <= 0.0.3 | no fix |
References
- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-400- Platform
- npm
- Package
parsejson- Disclosed
- 24.07.2018
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-q75g-2496-mxpp - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: parsejson
All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
This is the only known vulnerability of this package.
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