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CVE-2017-18077
January 27, 2018
index.js in brace-expansion before 1.1.7 is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks, as demonstrated by an expand argument containing many comma characters.
Affected Packages
brace-expansion (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.0.0 <1.1.7
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.1.7
Related Resources (9)
https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/issues/33
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/338
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18077
https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion
https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/pull/35/commits/b13381281cead487cbdbfd6a69fb097ea5e456c3
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-832h-xg76-4gv6
https://bugs.debian.org/862712
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/338
https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/pull/35
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
CVSS v2
Base Score:
5
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Input Validation
CWE-20
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
CWE-1333
EPSS
Base Score:
0.52