Security advisory

{
  "id": "89279890e78865c2b253ca0baf08701ff170ceb89c96080611b3d8488cfe4bfe",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16023",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-16023",
    "summary": "Decamelize is used to convert a dash/dot/underscore/space separated string to camelCase. Decamelize 1.1.0 through 1.1.1 uses regular expressions to evaluate a string and takes unescaped separator values, which can be used to create a denial of service attack.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-16023",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-16023",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-16023",
        "GHSA-q5c4-39f5-m68j"
      ],
      "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": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/sindresorhus/decamelize",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "6591b158d318dcf013126acab6c21c50a42376c0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "5d3135f6bb949215500b63bbc5e344566bd269f1"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:decamelize_project:decamelize:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.1.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.1.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:decamelize_project:decamelize:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.1.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.1.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.1.0",
            "1.1.1",
            "v1.1.1",
            "v1.1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-16023.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:48:16.253025354Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/sindresorhus/decamelize/issues/5",
        "https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/308"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-16023",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380219,
  "published_at": "2018-06-04T19:29:01.38+00:00"
}