CVE-2014-8882
Regular Expression Denial of Service in validator
Versions of validator prior to 3.22.1 are affected by a regular expression denial of service vulnerability in the isURL method.
Recommendation
Update to version 3.22.1 or later.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
What each source reports
GitHub Advisories Score usedGHSA-f5w6-r7rg-mcgq
Regular Expression Denial of Service in validator
Versions of validator prior to 3.22.1 are affected by a regular expression denial of service vulnerability in the isURL method.
Recommendation
Update to version 3.22.1 or later.
- Record
GHSA-f5w6-r7rg-mcgq- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-f5w6-r7rg-mcgq
Regular Expression Denial of Service in validator
Versions of validator prior to 3.22.1 are affected by a regular expression denial of service vulnerability in the isURL method.
Recommendation
Update to version 3.22.1 or later.
- Record
GHSA-f5w6-r7rg-mcgq- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
validatornpm |
before 3.22.1 | 3.22.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | GitHub Advisories, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2014-8882 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in validator, published August 31, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. Fixed in validator 3.22.1.