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CVE-2022-31129

Moment.js vulnerable to Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

### Impact* using string-to-date parsing in moment (more specifically rfc2822 parsing, which is tried by default) has quadratic (N^2) complexity on specific inputs* noticeable slowdown is observed with inputs above 10k characters* users who pass user-provided strings without sanity length checks to moment constructor are vulnerable to (Re)DoS attacks### PatchesThe problem is patched in 2.29.4, the patch can be applied to all affected versions with minimal tweaking.### WorkaroundsIn general, given the proliferation of ReDoS attacks, it makes sense to limit the length of the user input to something sane, like 200 characters or less. I haven't seen legitimate cases of date-time strings longer than that, so all moment users who do pass a user-originating string to constructor are encouraged to apply such a rudimentary filter, that would help with this but also most future ReDoS vulnerabilities.### ReferencesThere is an excellent writeup of the issue here: https://github.com/moment/moment/pull/6015#issuecomment-1152961973=### DetailsThe issue is rooted in the code that removes legacy comments (stuff inside parenthesis) from strings during rfc2822 parsing. `moment("(".repeat(500000))` will take a few minutes to process, which is unacceptable.

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Vulnerability Details
Score
7.5
Score Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Versions
moment >= 2.18.0 < 2.29.4; Moment.js >= 2.18.0 < 2.29.4
Severity
High
Ecosystem
JavaScript
Publish Date
July 6, 2022
Modified Date
February 15, 2025