GHSA-hvq2-wf92-j4f3
express-xss-sanitizer has an unbounded recursion depth
Quick fix
GHSA-hvq2-wf92-j4f3 — express-xss-sanitizer: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
npm install express-xss-sanitizer@2.0.1Details
# Security Advisory: express-xss-sanitizer
## Overview A vulnerability was discovered in express-xss-sanitizer that allowed unbounded recursion depth during sanitization of nested objects.
## Affected Versions - All versions prior to 2.0.1
## Patched Versions - 2.0.1 and later
## Description The sanitize function in lib/sanitize.js performed recursive sanitization without depth limiting, making it vulnerable to stack overflow attacks via specially crafted deeply nested JSON objects.
## Impact An attacker could cause denial-of-service by sending a request with deeply nested structures, potentially crashing the Node.js process.
## Solution Upgrade to version 2.0.1 or later:
```bash npm install express-xss-sanitizer@latest ```
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References
- https://github.com/AhmedAdelFahim/express-xss-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-hvq2-wf92-j4f3[WEB]
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59364[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/AhmedAdelFahim/express-xss-sanitizer/pull/23[WEB]
- https://github.com/AhmedAdelFahim/express-xss-sanitizer/commit/62d6542a2a57298da7a2e02de623454007e4f6d6[WEB]
- https://dbugs.ptsecurity.com/vulnerability/PT-2025-37434[WEB]
- https://gist.github.com/Spendroslav/177804eaef5acfb222a550de212a1b94[WEB]
- https://github.com/AhmedAdelFahim/express-xss-sanitizer[PACKAGE]
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-xss-sanitizer[WEB]
- https://www.tenable.com/cve/CVE-2025-59364[WEB]