{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "versions": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "6.1.0"
              }
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "d00ad76b01a5fcd9e4eafe11fe7f6af9221ff431"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7c547e1e0f5e4379f94396efd559a566668c0dfa"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/highcharts/highcharts",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "In js/parts/SvgRenderer.js in Highcharts JS before 6.1.0, the use of backtracking regular expressions permitted an attacker to conduct a denial of service attack against the SVGRenderer component, aka ReDoS.",
  "id": "CVE-2018-20801",
  "modified": "2026-03-13T21:50:38.720676623Z",
  "published": "2019-03-14T16:29:00.243Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190715-0001/"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/highcharts/highcharts/commit/7c547e1e0f5e4379f94396efd559a566668c0dfa"
    },
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:highcharts:20180225"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}