CVE-2020-26306 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2020-26306

GHSL-2020-296: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in Knwl.js

Vulnerability Description

Knwl.js is a Javascript library that parses through text for dates, times, phone numbers, emails, places, and more. Versions 1.0.2 and prior contain one or more regular expressions that are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). As of time of publication, no known patches are available.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Knwl
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: October 26th, 2024
Last Modified: October 28th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-1333

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1496 Resource Hijacking
Impact
T1562 Impair Defenses
Defense Evasion
T1070 Indicator Removal on Host
Defense Evasion