Source: npm Version: 11.16.0+ds2-1 Severity: important Tags: security upstream X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], Debian Security Team <[email protected]>
Hi, The following vulnerability was published for npm. CVE-2026-9496[0]: | Versions of the package pacote from 11.2.7 are vulnerable to Denial | of Service (DoS) via the addGitSha function. An attacker can exploit | this vulnerability by supplying a specially crafted spec.rawSpec | value that triggers the function’s regex replacement and string- | manipulation logic, causing excessive CPU consumption and | potentially stalling or crashing the process. pacote is embedded/provided via src:npm. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-9496 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9496 [1] https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PACOTE-8225084 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore -- Pkg-javascript-devel mailing list [email protected] https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-javascript-devel
