CVE-2022-3517 (GCVE-0-2022-3517)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-17 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-13 13:41
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-13 13:40 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a minimatch Affected: minimatch versions prior to 3.0.5
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