ALPINE-CVE-2021-27290

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CVE-2021-27290
Published: 12 Mar 2021, 22:15
Last modified:19 Nov 2025, 06:18

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

12 Mar 2021, 22:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
19 Nov 2025, 06:18
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

ssri 5.2.2-8.0.0, fixed in 8.0.1, processes SRIs using a regular expression which is vulnerable to a denial of service. Malicious SRIs could take an extremely long time to process, leading to denial of service. This issue only affects consumers using the strict option.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•nodejs

    < 14.16.1-r1

References (1)