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CVE-2015-8855

The semver package before 4.3.2 for Node.js allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long version string, aka a "regular expression denial of service (ReDoS)."

Severity
High 7.5
Published
23 Jan 2017
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
21 Oct 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
Node.jsServers and applications · cpe:a:nodejs:node.js
  • Every version up to 4.3.1

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8855
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8855