Fresh is a module used by the Express.js framework for HTTP response freshness testing. It is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when it is passed specially crafted input to parse. This causes the event loop to be blocked causing a denial of service condition.
Advisories
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0256 Fresh is a module used by the Express.js framework for HTTP response freshness testing. It is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when it is passed specially crafted input to parse. This causes the event loop to be blocked causing a denial of service condition.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-9qj9-36jm-prpv Regular Expression Denial of Service in fresh
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History

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-08T19:43:05.054Z

Reserved: 2017-10-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16119

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:13:07.207Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-07T02:29:02.987

Modified: 2026-10-08T20:17:26.467

Link: CVE-2017-16119

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-16119 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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