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jsdiff is a JavaScript text differencing implementation. Prior to versions 8.0.3, 5.2.2, 4.0.4, and 3.5.1, attempting to parse a patch whose filename headers contain the line break characters `\r`, `\u2028`, or `\u2029` can cause the `parsePatch` method to enter an infinite loop. It then consumes memory without limit until the process crashes due to running out of memory. Applications are therefore likely to be vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack if they call `parsePatch` with a user-provided patch as input. A large payload is not needed to trigger the vulnerability, so size limits on user input do not provide any protection. Furthermore, some applications may be vulnerable even when calling `parsePatch` on a patch generated by the application itself if the user is nonetheless able to control the filename headers (e.g. by directly providing the filenames of the files to be diffed). The `applyPatch` method is similarly affected if (and only if) called with a string representation of a patch as an argument, since under the hood it parses that string using `parsePatch`. Other methods of the library are unaffected. Finally, a second and lesser interdependent bug - a ReDOS - also exhibits when those same line break characters are present in a patch's *patch* header (also known as its "leading garbage"). A maliciously-crafted patch header of length *n* can take `parsePatch` O(*n*³) time to parse. Versions 8.0.3, 5.2.2, 4.0.4, and 3.5.1 contain a fix. As a workaround, do not attempt to parse patches that contain any of these characters: `\r`, `\u2028`, or `\u2029`.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
kpdecker jsdiff >= 6.0.0, < 8.0.3, >= 5.0.0, < 5.2.2, >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.4, < 3.5.1 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 node-diff 5.2.2~dfsg+~5.2.3-1 —
Debian 13 node-diff No fix yet —
Debian 12 node-diff No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 node-diff No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS node-diff No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 node-diff No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS node-diff No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS node-diff No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS node-diff No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS node-diff No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS node-diff No fix yet —

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling katib-earlystopping +8 0.19.0-r31 —
Wolfi rolling katib-suggestion-goptuna-compat 0.19.0-r40 —
Wolfi rolling langfuse-3-worker 3.146.0-r2 —
Wolfi rolling npm 11.8.0-r0 —
Wolfi rolling prism 5.14.3-r2 —
Wolfi rolling renovate 42.94.1-r0 —
Wolfi rolling saf 1.5.3-r1 —
Wolfi rolling sqlpad 7.5.7-r28 —
Wolfi rolling thingsboard-tb-web-ui +1 4.3.1.3-r1 —
Wolfi rolling tileserver-gl 5.5.0-r2 —
Wolfi rolling ts-patch 4.0.1-r0 —
Wolfi rolling vitess-23 23.0.1-r0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm diff >= 6.0.0, < 8.0.3 8.0.3 GHSA-73rr-hh4g-fpgx
npm diff >= 5.0.0, < 5.2.2 5.2.2 GHSA-73rr-hh4g-fpgx
npm diff >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.4 4.0.4 GHSA-73rr-hh4g-fpgx
npm diff < 3.5.1 3.5.1 GHSA-73rr-hh4g-fpgx

Advisories 2

References