EUVD-2025-17567
GHSA-v6h2-p8h4-qcjw
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Lifecycle Timeline
4Description
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.
Analysis
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.
Technical Context
A denial of service vulnerability allows an attacker to disrupt the normal functioning of a system, making it unavailable to legitimate users. This vulnerability is classified as Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400).
Remediation
Implement rate limiting and input validation. Use timeout mechanisms for resource-intensive operations. Deploy DDoS protection where applicable.
Priority Score
Vendor Status
Ubuntu
Priority: Medium| Release | Status | Version |
|---|---|---|
| bionic | needs-triage | - |
| focal | needs-triage | - |
| jammy | needs-triage | - |
| noble | needs-triage | - |
| upstream | released | 2.0.1+~1.1.0-2 |
| plucky | ignored | end of life, was needs-triage |
| oracular | ignored | end of life, was needs-triage |
| questing | needs-triage | - |
Debian
Bug #1107695| Release | Status | Fixed Version | Urgency |
|---|---|---|---|
| bullseye | vulnerable | 2.0.0-1 | - |
| bookworm | vulnerable | 2.0.1-2 | - |
| forky, sid, trixie | fixed | 2.0.1+~1.1.0-2 | - |
| (unstable) | fixed | 2.0.1+~1.1.0-2 | - |
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