@hapi/content: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in HTTP header parsing

All versions of `@hapi/content` through 6.0.0 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via crafted HTTP header values. Three regular expressions used to parse `Content-Type` and `Content-Disposition` headers contain patterns susceptible to catastrophic backtracking. This has been fixed in v6.0.1. ### Impact Denial of Service. An unauthenticated remote attacker can cause a Node.js process to become unresponsive by sending a single HTTP request with a maliciously crafted header value. ### Patches Fixed by tightening all three regular expressions to eliminate backtracking. ### Workarounds There are no known workarounds. Upgrade to the patched version.

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04 Apr 2026 04:23:03 UTC

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24 Oct 2026 02:55:33 UTC

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24 Oct 2026 13:17:17 UTC

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CVSS_V3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS_V4 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Publisher rating · HIGH