charset 1.0.0 and below are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service. Input of around 50k characters is required for a slow down of around 2 seconds. Unless node was compiled using the -DHTTP_MAX_HEADER_SIZE= option the default header max length is 80kb, so the impact of the ReDoS is relatively low.
| Package (Ecosystem) | Introduced | Fixed | Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| charset(npm) | 0 | 1.0.1 | N/A |
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