CVE-2025-5889

LOW EPSS 35.8%
Published Jun 9, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
1.3 CVSS 4.0
Low
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Published Jun 9, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
1.3
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
35.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 2

CWE-1333
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Resource Mgmt

References 6

  • gist.github.com https://gist.github.com/mmmsssttt404/37a40ce7d6e5ca604858fe30814d9466
  • github.com https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/pull/65/commits/a5b98a4f30d7813266b221435e1eaaf25a1b0ac5
  • github.com https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/releases/tag/v4.0.1
  • vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.311660
  • vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/?id.311660
  • vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/?submit.585717

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

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