CVE-2025-5889
brace-expansion Regular Expression Denial of Service vulnerability
Impact
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.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | brace-expansion | >= 2.0.0, <= 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 |
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|
| Juliangruber Brace-Expansion | before 1.1.11 |
Versions were read from the advisory text. No structured product data has been published for this record yet.
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://gist.github.com/mmmsssttt404/37a40ce7d6e5ca604858fe30814d9466
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/pull/65/commits/a5b98a4f30d7813266b221435e1eaaf25a1b0ac5
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/releases/tag/v4.0.1
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.311660
- https://vuldb.com/?id.311660
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.585717
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v6h2-p8h4-qcjw
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5889
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/commit/0b6a9781e18e9d2769bb2931f4856d1360243ed2
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/commit/15f9b3c75ebf5988198241fecaebdc45eff28a9f
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/commit/36603d5f3599a37af9e85eda30acd7d28599c36e
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/commit/c3c73c8b088defc70851843be88ccc3af08e7217