CVE-2025-5889
"Julian Gruber Brace-Expansion Regular Expression Complexity Remote Vulnerability"
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.
INFO
Published Date :
June 9, 2025, 7:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
June 12, 2025, 4:06 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
1.4
Exploitability Score :
1.6
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 11, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description A vulnerability was found in juliangruber brace-expansion up to 1.1.11. 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. The name of the patch is a5b98a4f30d7813266b221435e1eaaf25a1b0ac5. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. 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. Added Reference https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/releases/tag/v4.0.1 -
New CVE Received by [email protected]
Jun. 09, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description A vulnerability was found in juliangruber brace-expansion up to 1.1.11. 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. The name of the patch is a5b98a4f30d7813266b221435e1eaaf25a1b0ac5. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. Added CVSS V4.0 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 Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CWE CWE-400 Added CWE CWE-1333 Added Reference https://gist.github.com/mmmsssttt404/37a40ce7d6e5ca604858fe30814d9466 Added Reference https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/pull/65/commits/a5b98a4f30d7813266b221435e1eaaf25a1b0ac5 Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.311660 Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?id.311660 Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?submit.585717
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