CVE-2018-1109 — Incorrect Regular Expression in Project Braces

CWE-185 — Incorrect Regular ExpressionCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-1333 — Regex Denial of Service8 documents6 sources
Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 42.02%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Braces Project BracesDebian Node-braces
Timeline
PublishedMar 30
Latest updateJan 6

Description

A vulnerability was found in Braces versions 2.2.0 and above, prior to 2.3.1. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶npmbraces_project/braces2.2.0 — 2.3.1

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in braces↗2022-01-06
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OSV
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in braces↗2022-01-06
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OSV
CVE-2018-1109: A vulnerability was found in Braces versions prior to 2↗2021-03-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
nodejs-braces: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in lib/parsers.js↗2018-02-19
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Debian
CVE-2018-1109: node-braces - A vulnerability was found in Braces versions 2.2.0 and above, prior to 2.3.1. Af...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-1109 nodejs-braces: braces: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in lib/parsers.js [fedora-28]↗2018-06-29
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-1109 nodejs-braces: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in lib/parsers.js↗2018-02-20
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