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GHSA-29mw-wpgm-hmr9

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Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in lodash

Published January 6, 2022Updated September 29, 2025Source: osv

Details

All versions of package lodash prior to 4.17.21 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the `toNumber`, `trim` and `trimEnd` functions. Steps to reproduce (provided by reporter Liyuan Chen): ```js var lo = require('lodash'); function build_blank(n) { var ret = "1" for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) { ret += " " } return ret + "1"; } var s = build_blank(50000) var time0 = Date.now(); lo.trim(s) var time_cost0 = Date.now() - time0; console.log("time_cost0: " + time_cost0); var time1 = Date.now(); lo.toNumber(s) var time_cost1 = Date.now() - time1; console.log("time_cost1: " + time_cost1); var time2 = Date.now(); lo.trimEnd(s); var time_cost2 = Date.now() - time2; console.log("time_cost2: " + time_cost2); ```

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Bundler
Update lodash-rails to 4.17.21 or later
gem install lodash-rails -v 4.17.21
npm
Update lodash to 4.17.21 or later
npm install lodash@4.17.21
npm
Update lodash-es to 4.17.21 or later
npm install lodash-es@4.17.21

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (5)

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
lodash.trimend
npm
All versionsRange-based data available
lodash.trim
npm
All versionsRange-based data available
lodash-rails
RubyGems
4.0.0, 4.11.2, 4.12.0, 4.13.1 (+16 more)4.17.21
lodash
npm
All versions4.17.21
lodash-es
npm
All versions4.17.21

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 3.1 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Risk Assessment

CVSS Score
3.1

Exploitation is difficult or impact is minor. Address in your next planned update.

EPSS Score (30-day exploit probability)
0.24%
Higher than 48% of vulnerabilities

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