Denial of service in Valine
Valine is a fast, simple & powerful comment system. Valine 1.4.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application outage) by supplying a ua (aka User-Agent) value that only specifies the product and version.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm package | valine | <= 1.4.14 | no fix |
References
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-94- Platform
- npm
- Package
valine- Disclosed
- 21.06.2021
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-p2c4-gxp4-j3xp - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: valine
All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
- Total entries
- 4
- First → latest
- 11.2018 09.2022
- Without a fix
- 1
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- Critical 1
- Medium 3
Disclosures per year
- 2018: 1
- 2019: 0
- 2020: 0
- 2021: 1
- 2022: 2
- 2023: 0
- 2024: 0
- 2025: 0
- 2026: 0
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