CVE-2017-18077 — Improper Input Validation in Expansion Project Brace Expansion

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-1333 — Regex Denial of Service8 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 33.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Brace Expansion Project Brace ExpansionDebian Node-brace-expansionJuliangruber Brace-expansion
Timeline
PublishedJan 27
Latest updateJan 29

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/node-brace-expansion< node-brace-expansion 1.1.8-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
ReDoS in brace-expansion↗2018-01-29
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GHSA
ReDoS in brace-expansion↗2018-01-29
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OSV
CVE-2017-18077: index↗2018-01-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
nodejs-brace-expansion: Regular expression denial of service↗2017-03-02
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Debian
CVE-2017-18077: node-brace-expansion - index.js in brace-expansion before 1.1.7 is vulnerable to Regular Expression Den...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-18077 nodejs-brace-expansion: Regular expression denial of service↗2017-05-05
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-18077 nodejs-brace-expansion: Regular expression denial of service [fedora-all]↗2017-05-05
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