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node-color-string — security advisory
A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) vulnerability was discovered in Color-String version 1.5.5 and below which occurs when the application is provided and checks a crafted invalid HWB string.
- Products
- node-color-string
- Affected versions
- 1.5.2-1, 1.5.4-2, 1.9.1-2
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-29060
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 01:36 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) vulnerability was discovered in Color-String version 1.5.5 and below which occurs when the application is provided and checks a crafted invalid HWB string.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2021-29060
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Complete source record
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