CVE-2025-5889
lowpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.006 · 47 %ileDEEUNLRUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-23
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.
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affected products (127)
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advisories (5)
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- NCSC-2025-0330Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Oracle Communications productenNL2025-10-23csaf · ncsc_nlNL
Oracle heeft meerdere kwetsbaarheden verholpen in zijn Communications producten, waaronder de Unified Assurance en Cloud Native Core.
- WID-SEC-W-2025-2072IBM App Connect Enterprise: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2025-09-16csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in IBM App Connect Enterprise ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
- WID-SEC-W-2025-2360Oracle Communications Applications: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-10-21csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer oder authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Oracle Communications Applications ausnutzen, um die Vertraulichkeit, Integrität und Verfügbarkeit zu gefährden.
- WID-SEC-W-2025-2361Oracle Communications: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-10-21csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer oder authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Oracle Communications ausnutzen, um die Vertraulichkeit, Integrität und Verfügbarkeit zu gefährden.
- GHSA-v6h2-p8h4-qcjwbrace-expansion Regular Expression Denial of Service vulnerability2025-06-09ghsa · osvUS
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.
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references (22)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-5889cnnvd
- https://gist.github.com/mmmsssttt404/37a40ce7d6e5ca604858fe30814d9466cnnvd
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/pull/65/commits/a5b98a4f30d7813266b221435e1eaaf25a1b0ac5cnnvd
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/releases/tag/v4.0.1cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5889cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Juliangruber-Brace-expansion-overload-via-index-js-48566cnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.311660cnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/?id.311660cnnvd
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