GMS-2020-793: Regular Expression Denial of Service in validator

August 31, 2020 (updated September 23, 2021)

Versions of validator prior to 3.22.1 are affected by a regular expression denial of service vulnerability in the isURL method.

Recommendation

Update to version 3.22.1 or later.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-f5w6-r7rg-mcgq
github.com/chriso/validator.js/issues/152
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8882
snyk.io/vuln/npm:validator:20130705
www.npmjs.com/advisories/42

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