Regular Expression Denial of Service in timespan
Affected versions of timespan are vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when parsing dates.
The amplification for this vulnerability is significant, with 50,000 characters resulting in the event loop being blocked for around 10 seconds.
Recommendation
No direct patch is available for this vulnerability.
Currently, the best available solution is to use a functionally equivalent alternative package.
It is also sufficient to ensure that user input is not being passed into timespan, or that the maximum length of such user input is drastically reduced. Limiting the input length to 150 characters should be sufficient in most cases.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm package | timespan | <= 2.3.0 | no fix |
References
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-400- Platform
- npm
- Package
timespan- Disclosed
- 29.08.2018
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-f523-2f5j-gfcg - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: timespan
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