Medium

html-parse-stringify and html-parse-stringify2 vulnerable to Regular expression denial of service (ReDoS)

  • Disclosed: 18.03.2021
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

This affects the package html-parse-stringify before 2.0.1; all versions of package html-parse-stringify2. Sending certain input could cause one of the regular expressions that is used for parsing to backtrack, freezing the process.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package html-parse-stringify < 2.0.1 2.0.1
npm package html-parse-stringify2 <= 2.0.1 no fix

References

CVSS score 5.3/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-400
Platform
npm
Package
html-parse-stringify, html-parse-stringify2
Disclosed
18.03.2021
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-545q-3fg6-48m7 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: html-parse-stringify2

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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