CVE-2026-111997

Public on 2026-10-18
Modified on 2026-10-20
Description
A flaw was found in ip-address. A remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by providing specially crafted input containing excessive percent characters to an application parsing IPv6 addresses. When processed by the Address6 constructor, inefficient parsing logic leads to high CPU consumption and application unresponsiveness.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2023 nodejs No Fix Planned
Amazon Linux 2023 nodejs20 No Fix Planned
Amazon Linux 2023 nodejs22 Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 nodejs24 Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview nodejs24 Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L