CVE-2026-93690
HIGHCVSS 7.5Description
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.
Timeline
Published:September 18th, 2026 4:17 PM
Last modified:September 22nd, 2026 8:25 PM
CVSS Scoring
CVSS v3: 7.5 (HIGH)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
References & Reports
Advisories, patches, and third-party reports
- https://github.com/garycourt/uri-js
- https://github.com/garycourt/uri-js/blob/4.4.0/src/uri.ts#L349
- https://github.com/garycourt/uri-js/blob/4.4.0/src/uri.ts#L352-L376
- https://github.com/garycourt/uri-js/issues/105
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/uri-js/v/4.4.1
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/uri-js-through-4.4.1-denial-of-service-via-removedotsegments
- https://github.com/garycourt/uri-js/issues/105
Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute