7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2025-68475
Fedify has ReDoS Vulnerability in HTML Parsing Regex
Description

Fedify is a TypeScript library for building federated server apps powered by ActivityPub. Prior to versions 1.6.13, 1.7.14, 1.8.15, and 1.9.2, a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability exists in Fedify's document loader. The HTML parsing regex at packages/fedify/src/runtime/docloader.ts:259 contains nested quantifiers that cause catastrophic backtracking when processing maliciously crafted HTML responses. This issue has been patched in versions 1.6.13, 1.7.14, 1.8.15, and 1.9.2.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 22, 2025, 10:16 p.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 22, 2025, 10:16 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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No affected product recoded yet

CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH MITRE-CVE
Solution
Update Fedify to a patched version to fix ReDoS vulnerability in document loader.
  • Update Fedify to version 1.6.13 or later.
  • Update Fedify to version 1.7.14 or later.
  • Update Fedify to version 1.8.15 or later.
  • Update Fedify to version 1.9.2 or later.
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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Dec. 22, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Fedify is a TypeScript library for building federated server apps powered by ActivityPub. Prior to versions 1.6.13, 1.7.14, 1.8.15, and 1.9.2, a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability exists in Fedify's document loader. The HTML parsing regex at packages/fedify/src/runtime/docloader.ts:259 contains nested quantifiers that cause catastrophic backtracking when processing maliciously crafted HTML responses. This issue has been patched in versions 1.6.13, 1.7.14, 1.8.15, and 1.9.2.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-1333
    Added Reference https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/commit/2bdcb24d7d6d5886e0214ed504b63a6dc5488779
    Added Reference https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/commit/bf2f0783634efed2663d1b187dc55461ee1f987a
    Added Reference https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/releases/tag/1.6.13
    Added Reference https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/releases/tag/1.7.14
    Added Reference https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/releases/tag/1.8.15
    Added Reference https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/releases/tag/1.9.2
    Added Reference https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/security/advisories/GHSA-rchf-xwx2-hm93
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Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
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