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CVE-2022-3517

minimatch ReDoS vulnerability

Impact

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.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
npmminimatch< 3.0.53.0.5

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
Minimatch ProjectMinimatch
before 3.0.5
DebianDebian Linux
Version 10.0
FedoraprojectFedora
Versions 36, 37

Weakness classification

References