High
Security advisory
Validate.js provides a declarative way of validating javascript objects. Versions 0.11.3 and prior contain one or more regular expressions that are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). As of time of publication, it is unknown if any patches are available.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-26309
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 11:10 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Validate.js provides a declarative way of validating javascript objects. Versions 0.11.3 and prior contain one or more regular expressions that are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). As of time of publication, it is unknown if any patches are available.
osv:CVE-2020-26309
Complete source record
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"published_at": "2024-10-26T21:15:14.19+00:00"
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