Input validation error in highcharts - CVE-2018-20801
Published: March 14, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36063
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20801
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
In js/parts/SvgRenderer.js in Highcharts JS before 6.1.0, the use of backtracking regular expressions permitted an attacker to conduct a denial of service attack against the SVGRenderer component, aka ReDoS.
Affected software
highcharts
API Manager
API Gateway
Qradar Advisor
API Manager
API Gateway
Qradar Advisor
How to mitigate CVE-2018-20801
Install update from vendor's website.
highcharts - update to 6.1.0
API Manager - update to May 2022
API Gateway - update to May 2022
Qradar Advisor - update to 2.6.5
API Manager - update to May 2022
API Gateway - update to May 2022
Qradar Advisor - update to 2.6.5