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CVE-2018-25049
email-existence index.js redos
Low3.0EPSS 0.78%
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- VulDB
Description
A vulnerability was found in email-existence. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file index.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The name of the patch is 0029ba71b6ad0d8ec0baa2ecc6256d038bdd9b56. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-216854 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Low3.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| 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)
- 0.78% · top 44% of all CVEs (5 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 3.0.
Weakness
Affected products
email-existence
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmemail-existenceGHSA-p27h-4cpf-fw48 (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- https://vuldb.com/?id.216854 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.216854 (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-requiredx_transferred
- https://github.com/nmanousos/email-existence/pull/37 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_transferred
- https://github.com/nmanousos/email-existence/commit/0029ba71b6ad0d8ec0baa2ecc6256d038bdd9b56 (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-p27h-4cpf-fw48 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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