CVE-2017-18214 — The moment module before 2

The moment module before 2.19.3 for Node.js is prone to a regular expression denial of service via a crafted date string, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4055.

01What is this vulnerability?

The moment module before 2.19.3 for Node.js is prone to a regular expression denial of service via a crafted date string, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4055.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-03-04T21:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T21:13:49.174Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/moment/moment/issues/4163
• nodesecurity.io — https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/532
• www.tenable.com — https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2019-02