CVE-2026-93690
highuri-js through 4.4.1 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the removeDotSegments function that loops infinitely when a path segment begins with Unicode…
uri-js through 4.4.1 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the removeDotSegments function that loops infinitely when a path segment begins with Unicode line or paragraph separators. Attackers can trigger this by calling removeDotSegments directly or through normalize/resolve functions with IRI handling enabled, causing the Node.js event loop to block indefinitely until heap exhaustion.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://github.com/garycourt/uri-js disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/garycourt/uri-js/blob/4.4.0/src/uri.ts#L349 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/garycourt/uri-js/blob/4.4.0/src/uri.ts#L352-L376 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/garycourt/uri-js/issues/105 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/uri-js/v/4.4.1 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/uri-js-through-4.4.1-denial-of-service-via-removedots... disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/garycourt/uri-js/issues/105 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0