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Security

CVE-2022-25844: The AngularJS ReDoS Bug and How to Fix It

CVE-2022-25844 is a regular-expression denial-of-service flaw in AngularJS. Here is what it affects, why there is no upstream patch, and how to remediate it.

Mar 18, 20256 min read
Open Source

Is npm body-parser Safe? A Security Review and Safe-Usage Guide

A practical look at npm body-parser, the CVE-2024-45590 denial-of-service issue, and how to configure the middleware so it does not become a liability in production.

Mar 18, 20256 min read
DevSecOps

org.json Maven: A Security Guide

The org.json Maven dependency ships a small JSON parser with a history of denial-of-service bugs. Here is how to pin a safe version and catch it transitively.

Mar 12, 20256 min read
DevSecOps

python-multipart Security: Patching the Form-Data DoS

Why the python-multipart parser behind FastAPI and Starlette had a denial-of-service flaw, how to check your version, and how to keep form uploads safe.

Feb 24, 20255 min read
Security

Uncaught Exception in Java: A Security Guide

An uncaught exception in Java is more than a crash - it leaks stack traces, kills threads, and opens denial-of-service paths. Here is how to handle it safely.

Feb 11, 20256 min read
Vulnerability Analysis

Cisco ASA and FTD CVE-2024-20481: Brute-Force DoS in VPN Services

CVE-2024-20481 in Cisco ASA and Firepower Threat Defense VPN services was actively exploited in large-scale brute-force campaigns, causing denial of service on critical VPN infrastructure.

Oct 24, 20246 min read
Vulnerabilities

Notable CVEs of 2022: A Practitioner's Roundup

CVE-2022-31160 and a run of recursion-based denial-of-service bugs made 2022 a year defined less by exotic exploits and more by parsers that never expected deeply nested input.

Feb 14, 20245 min read
Application Security

Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS): Detection and Prevention

A single bad regex can bring down your entire application. ReDoS attacks exploit catastrophic backtracking to consume unbounded CPU time.

May 8, 20224 min read
Application Security

Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS): When Patterns Attack

A single poorly written regex can take down your server. ReDoS is a subtle denial-of-service vulnerability hiding in dependencies you have never audited.

Aug 20, 20214 min read

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