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CVE-2017-20165
debug-js debug node.js useColors redos
Low3.5EPSS 2.1%
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- VulDB
Description
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in debug-js debug up to 3.0.x. This affects the function useColors of the file src/node.js. The manipulation of the argument str leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. Upgrading to version 3.1.0 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is c38a0166c266a679c8de012d4eaccec3f944e685. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-217665 was assigned to this vulnerability.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Low3.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Low2.7 | AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.5.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (5)
- https://vuldb.com/?id.217665 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217665 (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-requiredx_transferred
- https://github.com/debug-js/debug/pull/504 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_transferred
- https://github.com/debug-js/debug/commit/c38a0166c266a679c8de012d4eaccec3f944e685 (opens in a new tab)patchx_transferred
- https://github.com/debug-js/debug/releases/tag/3.1.0 (opens in a new tab)patchx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-9vvw-cc9w-f27h (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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