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CVE-2023-26115

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-06-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-1333

Description

All versions of the package word-wrap are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to the usage of an insecure regular expression within the result variable.

Affected products

• Word-Wrap Project Word-Wrap: before 1.2.4 — fixed in 1.2.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Word-Wrap Project Word-Wrap 1.2.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/jonschlinkert/word-wrap/blob/master/index.js%23L39
• https://github.com/jonschlinkert/word-wrap/releases/tag/1.2.4
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/
• https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-4058657
• https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-WORDWRAP-3149973
• https://github.com/jonschlinkert/word-wrap/blob/master/index.js%23L39
• https://github.com/jonschlinkert/word-wrap/releases/tag/1.2.4
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/
• https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-4058657
• https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-WORDWRAP-3149973

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