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CVE-2017-1000189

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-11-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

nodejs ejs version older than 2.5.5 is vulnerable to a denial-of-service due to weak input validation in the ejs.renderFile()

Affected products

• Ejs: before 2.5.5 — fixed in 2.5.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Ejs 2.5.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101893
• https://github.com/mde/ejs/commit/49264e0037e313a0a3e033450b5c184112516d8f
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101893
• https://github.com/mde/ejs/commit/49264e0037e313a0a3e033450b5c184112516d8f

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