Security advisory

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  "id": "60bec23450dc1dd33e1b4803232482cc980b95f5799521156a453fb7f8aad338",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-20801",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-20801",
    "summary": "In js/parts/SvgRenderer.js in Highcharts JS before 6.1.0, the use of backtracking regular expressions permitted an attacker to conduct a denial of service attack against the SVGRenderer component, aka ReDoS.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-20801",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-20801",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-20801",
        "GHSA-xmc8-cjfr-phx3"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/highcharts/highcharts",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "d00ad76b01a5fcd9e4eafe11fe7f6af9221ff431"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "7c547e1e0f5e4379f94396efd559a566668c0dfa"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:highcharts:highcharts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
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                      {
                        "fixed": "6.1.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
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                        "fixed": "7c547e1e0f5e4379f94396efd559a566668c0dfa"
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                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
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            "v6.0.3",
            "v6.0.2",
            "v5.0.7",
            "v5.0.5",
            "v5.0.3",
            "v5.0.2",
            "v5.0.0",
            "v4.1.3",
            "highstock-v2.1.3",
            "highmaps-v2.1.3",
            "v4.1.0",
            "highstock-v2.1.0",
            "highmaps-v1.1.0",
            "highmaps-v1.0.2",
            "v4.0.1",
            "highstock-v2.0.1",
            "v3.0.8",
            "highstock-v1.3.8",
            "v3.0.5",
            "highstock-v1.3.5",
            "v3.0.4",
            "highstock-v1.3.4",
            "v3.0.3",
            "highstock-v1.3.3",
            "v3.0.2",
            "highstock-v1.3.2",
            "v3.0.1",
            "highstock-v1.3.1",
            "v3.0.0",
            "highstock-v1.3.0",
            "v2.3.5",
            "highstock-v1.2.5",
            "highstock-v1.2.4",
            "v2.3.3",
            "highstock-v1.2.3",
            "v2.3.2",
            "highstock-v1.2.2",
            "v2.3.0",
            "highstock-v1.2.0",
            "highstock-v1.1.6",
            "v2.2.5",
            "v2.2.4",
            "v2.2.2",
            "highstock-v1.1.5",
            "v2.2.1",
            "highstock-v1.1.4",
            "highstock-v1.1.3",
            "highstock-v1.1.2",
            "highstock-v1.1.1",
            "highstock-v1.1.0",
            "highstock-v1.0.1",
            "v2.1.5",
            "v2.1.4",
            "v2.1.3",
            "v2.1.2",
            "v2.1.1",
            "v2.1.0",
            "v2.0.5",
            "v2.0.4",
            "v2.0.3",
            "v2.0.2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-20801.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:23.208016603Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190715-0001/",
        "https://github.com/highcharts/highcharts/commit/7c547e1e0f5e4379f94396efd559a566668c0dfa",
        "https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:highcharts:20180225"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-20801",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 382536,
  "published_at": "2019-03-14T16:29:00.243+00:00"
}