CVE-2022-36034: Possible Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) used on uncontrolled data in nitrado.js

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-08-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-400

Description

nitrado.js is a type safe wrapper for the Nitrado API. Possible ReDoS with lib input of `{{` and with many repetitions of `{{|`. This issue has been patched in all versions above `0.2.5`. There are currently no known workarounds.

Affected products

cainthebest nitrado.js: before 0.2.5 — fixed in 0.2.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: cainthebest nitrado.js 0.2.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/cainthebest/nitrado.js/blob/v0.2.5/CHANGELOG.md
https://github.com/cainthebest/nitrado.js/security/advisories/GHSA-vqc4-v8hc-h2jg
https://github.com/cainthebest/nitrado.js/blob/v0.2.5/CHANGELOG.md
https://github.com/cainthebest/nitrado.js/security/advisories/GHSA-vqc4-v8hc-h2jg

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