RE2JS is the JavaScript port of RE2, a regular expression engine that provides linear time matching

Why it is Yellow

• CVSS 7.5 high
• Remotely exploitable without logging in

References

• https://github.com/le0pard/re2js/commit/dfdd947785dfa113bdc97416375c246a39458395
• https://github.com/le0pard/re2js/pull/59
• https://github.com/le0pard/re2js/releases/tag/2.8.7
• https://github.com/le0pard/re2js/security/advisories/GHSA-gg6h-894w-4m9c

Original description

RE2JS is the JavaScript port of RE2, a regular expression engine that provides linear time matching. From 2.2.0 until 2.8.7, enabling LOOKBEHINDS and using repeated matching through matcher().find(), matchAll(), split(), or matcher().replaceAll() can cause quadratic total work. Machine.match restarts lookbehind scanning from offset zero for each requested start position, while Matcher-based APIs request capture slots that prevent the early exit used for captureless matching. Dense matches therefore repeatedly rescan the input, allowing attacker-influenced text to monopolize a single-threaded worker and deny service. This issue is fixed in version 2.8.7.