{"id":"CVE-2026-93690","title":"uri-js through 4.4.1 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the removeDotSegments function that loops infinitely when a path segment begins with Unicode line or paragraph separators","summary":"uri-js through 4.4.1 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the removeDotSegments function that loops infinitely when a path segment begins with Unicode line or paragraph separators. Attackers can trigger this by calling removeDot…","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-835"],"vendor":"garycourt","product":"uri-js","affected":["uri-js <= 4.4.1"],"published":"2026-09-18","updated":"2026-09-18","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-18T20:17:33.377","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93690","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/garycourt/uri-js","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/garycourt/uri-js/blob/4.4.0/src/uri.ts#L349","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/garycourt/uri-js/blob/4.4.0/src/uri.ts#L352-L376","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/garycourt/uri-js/issues/105","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/uri-js/v/4.4.1","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/uri-js-through-4.4.1-denial-of-service-via-removedotsegments","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/garycourt/uri-js/issues/105","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","exploit-available"],"exploitAvailable":true,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"poc","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-18T19:14:08.493965Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-18T15:44:31.586Z","epss":0.00457,"epssPercentile":0.38811,"slug":"CVE-2026-93690","body":"## Overview\n\nuri-js through 4.4.1 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the removeDotSegments function that loops infinitely when a path segment begins with Unicode line or paragraph separators. Attackers can trigger this by calling removeDotSegments directly or through normalize/resolve functions with IRI handling enabled, causing the Node.js event loop to block indefinitely until heap exhaustion.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":53,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":207482,"id":"CVE-2026-93690","ts":1789761069685,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"}]}