Fix ReDoS issue #1
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Hello,
There is a Regex Denial of Service (ReDoS) that this PR fixes.
(?:\\.|[^\]\\]*)*
can be simplified to(?:\\.|[^\]\\])*
which resolves the issue.You can check the original and updated regex using this ReDoS checker:
original:
/^\/(?=[^*/])[^[/\\]*(?:(?:\\.|\[(?:\\.|[^\]\\]*)*\])[^[\\/]*)*?\/[gimuys]*/
fixed:
/^\/(?=[^*/])[^[/\\]*(?:(?:\\.|\[(?:\\.|[^\]\\])*\])[^[\\/]*)*?\/[gimuys]*/
Example that causes the problem:
/^\/(?=[^*/])[^[/\\]*(?:(?:\\.|\[(?:\\.|[^\]\\]*)*\])[^[\\/]*)*?\/[gimuys]*/.test('/[[/g][gg][gg][gg][gg][gg][gg][gg][gg][gg][gg][gg][gg][gg][gg][gg][gg][gg][gg][gg][gg][gg][gg][gg][gg][gg][gg][gg][gg][g')
Thank you for your consideration.