GHSA-mvrp-3cvx-c325

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mvrp-3cvx-c325
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/10/GHSA-mvrp-3cvx-c325/GHSA-mvrp-3cvx-c325.json
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Published
2023-10-04T14:46:06Z
Modified
2023-10-04T14:46:06Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Zod denial of service vulnerability during email validation
Details

Impact

API servers running express-zod-api having:

  • version of express-zod-api below 10.0.0-beta1,
  • and using the following (or similar) validation schema in its implementation: z.string().email(),

are vulnerable to a DoS attack due to:

  • Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in zod versions up to 3.22.2,
  • depending on zod.

Patches

The patched version of zod fixing the vulnerability is 3.22.3.

However, it's highly recommended to upgrade express-zod-api to at least version 10.0.0, which does not depend on zod strictly and directly, but requires its installation as a peer dependency instead, enabling you to install the patched zod version yourself.

Workarounds

When it's not possible to upgrade your dependencies, consider the following replacement in your implementation:

- z.string().email()
+ z.string().regex(
+   /^(?!\.)(?!.*\.\.)([A-Z0-9_+-\.]*)[A-Z0-9_+-]@([A-Z0-9][A-Z0-9\-]*\.)+[A-Z]{2,}$/i
+ )

This regular expression is taken from the suggested patch of zod.

References

  • Original issue: https://github.com/colinhacks/zod/issues/2609
  • The patch: https://github.com/colinhacks/zod/pull/2824
  • Entry in database: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4316
  • Enumeration: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1333.html
  • Parent advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m95q-7qp3-xv42
  • Changelog entry for express-zod-api version 10.0.0-beta1: https://github.com/RobinTail/express-zod-api/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#v1000-beta1
Database specific
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-10-04T14:46:06Z",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-1333"
    ],
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "HIGH"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / express-zod-api

Package

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
10.0.0-beta1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/10/GHSA-mvrp-3cvx-c325/GHSA-mvrp-3cvx-c325.json"