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minimatch ReDoS vulnerability

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 18, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 14, 2024

Package

npm minimatch (npm)

Affected versions

< 3.0.5

Patched versions

3.0.5

Description

A vulnerability was found in the minimatch package. This flaw allows a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) when calling the braceExpand function with specific arguments, resulting in a Denial of Service.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 17, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 18, 2022
Reviewed Oct 20, 2022
Last updated Feb 14, 2024

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-3517

GHSA ID

GHSA-f8q6-p94x-37v3

Source code

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