CVE-2017-16113
Regular Expression Denial of Service in parsejson
The parsejson module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into it to be parsed.
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
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The parsejson module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into it to be parsed.
- Record
CVE-2017-16113- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The parsejson module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into it to be parsed.
- Record
CVE-2017-16113- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-0311 No score
The parsejson module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into it to be parsed.
- Record
EUVD-2018-0311- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q75g-2496-mxpp No score
Regular Expression Denial of Service in parsejson
Affected versions of parsejson are vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when parsing untrusted user input.
Recommendation
The parsejson package has not been functionally updated since it was initially released.
Additionally, it provides functionality which is natively included in Node.js, and therefore the native JSON.parse() should be used, for both performance and security reasons.
- Record
GHSA-q75g-2496-mxpp- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2026-1773101682 No score
TuxCare security update for parsejson (1 CVE)
TuxCare rebuilt parsejson to address 1 CVE. Fixed in 0.0.3-tuxcare.1.
- Record
CLSA-2026-1773101682- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2026-1793204379 No score
TuxCare security update for parsejson (1 CVE)
TuxCare rebuilt parsejson to address 1 CVE. Fixed in 0.0.1-tuxcare.1.
- Record
CLSA-2026-1793204379- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-q75g-2496-mxpp No score
Regular Expression Denial of Service in parsejson
Affected versions of parsejson are vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when parsing untrusted user input.
Recommendation
The parsejson package has not been functionally updated since it was initially released.
Additionally, it provides functionality which is natively included in Node.js, and therefore the native JSON.parse() should be used, for both performance and security reasons.
- Record
GHSA-q75g-2496-mxpp- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-16113 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Parsejson Project Parsejson, published June 7, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.49%, the 74th percentile. Fixed in parsejson 0.0.3-tuxcare.1.