CVE-2026-9496

Public on 2026-05-26
Modified on 2026-06-05
Description
Versions of the package pacote from 11.2.7 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via the addGitSha function. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by supplying a specially crafted spec.rawSpec value that triggers the function’s regex replacement and string-manipulation logic, causing excessive CPU consumption and potentially stalling or crashing the process.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
See what this means
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.9
See breakdown

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 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 nodejs24 Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H