CVE-2025-5889 – brace-expansion

Package

Manager: npm
Name: brace-expansion
Vulnerable Version: >=2.0.0 <2.0.2 || >=1.0.0 <1.1.12 || =3.0.0 || >=3.0.0 <3.0.1 || =4.0.0 || >=4.0.0 <4.0.1

Severity

Level: Low

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVSS v4.0: 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

EPSS: 0.00022 pctl0.04002

Details

brace-expansion Regular Expression Denial of Service vulnerability 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.

Metadata

Created: 2025-06-09T21:30:51Z
Modified: 2025-06-11T20:54:10Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/06/GHSA-v6h2-p8h4-qcjw/GHSA-v6h2-p8h4-qcjw.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-400"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-v6h2-p8h4-qcjw
Finding: F211
Auto approve: 1