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vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2021-27290): node-ssri vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 12, 2021
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

ssri 5.2.2-8.0.0, fixed in 8.0.1, processes SRIs using a regular expression which is vulnerable to a denial of service. Malicious SRIs could take an extremely long time to process, leading to denial of service. This issue only affects consumers using the strict option.

Solution

no-fix-ubuntu-package
Title
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