# js-bson vulnerable to REDoS

Advisory record · `GHSA-8462-q7x7-g2x4`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-8462-q7x7-g2x4` · `CVE-2018-13863`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.5 High
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-185](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/185.html) · [CWE-400](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html)
- **Tags:** [Denial of service](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/dos.md) · [CWE-185](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-185.md)
- **Published:** 17 Sept 2018
- **Updated:** 8 Nov 2023
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 17 Sept 2018, 20:44 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `bson` (npm): affected `>=0.5.0, <1.0.5`; fixed in `1.0.5`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.5 High, CVSS 3.0: `CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`, from GitHub Advisory Database

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.019, the 80th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 17 Sept 2018. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-8462-q7x7-g2x4](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8462-q7x7-g2x4)
- [OSV: GHSA-8462-q7x7-g2x4](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-8462-q7x7-g2x4)
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13863>
- <https://github.com/mongodb/js-bson/commit/bd61c45157c53a1698ff23770160cf4783e9ea4a>
- <https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8462-q7x7-g2x4>
- <https://github.com/mongodb/js-bson>
- <https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:bson:20180225>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-8462-q7x7-g2x4>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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