CVE-2023-25166: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

February 8, 2023 (updated February 16, 2023)

formula is a math and string formula parser. In versions prior to 3.0.1 crafted user-provided strings to formula’s parser might lead to polynomial execution time and a denial of service. Users should upgrade to 3.0.1+. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-c2jc-4fpr-4vhg
github.com/hapijs/formula/commit/9fbc20a02d75ae809c37a610a57802cd1b41b3fe
github.com/hapijs/formula/security/advisories/GHSA-c2jc-4fpr-4vhg
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25166

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