probe-image-size: Quadratic-time Denial of Service in the SVG Parser (nodeca probe-image-size)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.43 % · percentile 37 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
probe-image-size gets image dimensions without downloading the entire file. Prior to 7.4.0, lib/parse_sync/svg.js and lib/parse_stream/svg.js use the searching regular expression /<[-_.:a-zA-Z0-9][^>]*>/, which repeatedly scans to the end of input when attacker-controlled data contains many less-than characters without a closing greater-than character. The synchronous parser converts and scans the full supplied buffer without an input cap, while the streaming parser reparses the complete accumulated SVG prefix for every received chunk. The probe.sync(), probe(stream), and probe(url) entry points can therefore block the Node.js event loop at full CPU, and attacker-controlled chunking can amplify the streaming cost. This issue is fixed in version 7.4.0.
Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- https://github.com/nodeca/probe-image-size/security/advisories/GHSA-gjj5-9665-rwrc
- https://github.com/nodeca/probe-image-size/commit/60cc96ac0b671e79e328213d0a8e831312b09e84
- https://github.com/nodeca/probe-image-size/commit/9b74656d6f973cc59ea2ab1375c0d88390a402ad
- https://github.com/nodeca/probe-image-size/commit/c032aefabdecf5cb50548ab9ba175db56353078f
- https://github.com/nodeca/probe-image-size/releases/tag/7.4.0
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-gjj5-9665-rwrc — probe-image-size: Quadratic-time Denial of Service in the SVG Parser
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-91768
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-104861
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1378 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| nodeca · probe-image-size | affected < 7.4.0 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |