@ckeditor/ckeditor5-widget 0.0.0-nightly-20230701.0
Regular expression Denial of Service in multiple packages
medium severity CVE-2021-21391<= 26.0.0
Impact
A regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability has been discovered in multiple CKEditor 5 packages. The vulnerability allowed to abuse particular regular expressions, which could cause a significant performance drop resulting in a browser tab freeze. It affects all users using the CKEditor 5 packages listed above at version <= 26.0.0.
Patches
The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 27.0.0.
For more information
Email us at security@cksource.com if you have any questions or comments about this advisory.
Acknowledgements
The CKEditor 5 team would like to thank Yeting Li for recognizing and reporting these vulnerabilities.
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