Description
Handlebars before 4.4.5 allows Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) because of eager matching. The parser may be forced into an endless loop while processing crafted templates. This may allow attackers to exhaust system resources.
Remediation
References
https://github.com/handlebars-lang/handlebars.js/commit/8d5530ee2c3ea9f0aee3fde310b9f36887d00b8b
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-HANDLEBARS-480388
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1300
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