CVE-2018-20801
N/A
Published: March 14, 2019 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:53 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorHighcharts
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
In js/parts/SvgRenderer.js in Highcharts JS before 6.1.0, the use of backtracking regular expressions permitted an attacker to conduct a denial of service attack against the SVGRenderer component, aka ReDoS.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 6.1.0
Affected range stops below 6.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/highcharts/highcharts/commit/7c547e1e0f5e4379f94396efd559a566668c0dfax_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190715-0001/x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:highcharts:20180225Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-185
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