GHSA-v6h2-p8h4-qcjw
brace-expansion Regular Expression Denial of Service vulnerability
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2025-5889
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CVSS_V4
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description
A vulnerability was found in juliangruber brace-expansion up to 1.1.11/2.0.1/3.0.0/4.0.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function expand of the file index.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 1.1.12, 2.0.2, 3.0.1 and 4.0.1 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is `a5b98a4f30d7813266b221435e1eaaf25a1b0ac5`. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| npm · brace-expansion | introduced 2.0.0, fixed 2.0.2 |
| npm · brace-expansion | introduced 1.0.0, fixed 1.1.12 |
| npm · brace-expansion | introduced 3.0.0, fixed 3.0.1 |
| npm · brace-expansion | introduced 4.0.0, fixed 4.0.1 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5889 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/pull/65/commits/a5b98a4f30d7813266b221435e1eaaf25a1b0ac5 WEB
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/commit/0b6a9781e18e9d2769bb2931f4856d1360243ed2 WEB
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/commit/15f9b3c75ebf5988198241fecaebdc45eff28a9f WEB
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/commit/36603d5f3599a37af9e85eda30acd7d28599c36e WEB
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/commit/c3c73c8b088defc70851843be88ccc3af08e7217 WEB
- https://gist.github.com/mmmsssttt404/37a40ce7d6e5ca604858fe30814d9466 WEB
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion PACKAGE
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.311660 WEB
- https://vuldb.com/?id.311660 WEB
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.585717 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |