CVE-2022-3517 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Project Minimatch

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-1333 — Regex Denial of Service9 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 34.40%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Minimatch Project MinimatchDebian Node-minimatchDebian Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 17
Latest updateDec 3

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/node-minimatch< node-minimatch 3.0.5+~3.0.5-1 (bookworm)
▶CVEListV5minimatch_project/minimatchminimatch versions prior to 3.0.5

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, Fedora 36, 37

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
minimatch ReDoS vulnerability↗2022-10-18
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OSV
minimatch ReDoS vulnerability↗2022-10-18
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OSV
CVE-2022-3517: A vulnerability was found in the minimatch package↗2022-10-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
minimatch vulnerability↗2023-05-18
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Red Hat
nodejs-minimatch: ReDoS via the braceExpand function↗2022-02-06
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Oracle
Oracle Oracle Systems Risk Matrix: Operating System Image — CVE-2021-3517↗2022-01-15
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Debian
CVE-2022-3517: node-minimatch - A vulnerability was found in the minimatch package. This flaw allows a Regular E...↗2022
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📄Research Papers

1
arXiv
WildCode: An Empirical Analysis of Code Generated by ChatGPT↗2025-12-03
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