Findings

CVE-2017-20162

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in vercel ms up to 1.x.

Published Jan 5, 2023 · updated Oct 15, 2026 · vercel ms

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in vercel ms up to 1.x. This issue affects the function parse of the file index.js. The manipulation of the argument str leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.0.0 is able to address this issue. The patch is named caae2988ba2a37765d055c4eee63d383320ee662. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217451.

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  1. Jan 5, 2023 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in vercel ms up to 1.x. This issue affects the function parse of the file index.js. The manipulation of the argument str leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.0.0 is able to address this issue.

  2. Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in vercel ms up to 1.x. This issue affects the function parse of the file index.js. The manipulation of the argument str leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.0.0 is able to address this issue.

Affected

  • cpe vercel/msversion unspecified

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2017-20162

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2017-20162

    A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in vercel ms up to 1.x. This issue affects the function parse of the file index.js. The manipulation of the argument str leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be initiated remotely.

    nvd.nist.gov

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