CVE-2022-3517

nodejs-minimatch: ReDoS via the braceExpand function

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Se ha encontrado una vulnerabilidad en el paquete minimatch. Este fallo permite una Denegación de Servicio por Expresión Regular (ReDoS) cuando es llamada a la función braceExpand con argumentos específicos, resultando en una Denegación de Servicio

A vulnerability was found in the nodejs-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.

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*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-10-14 CVE Reserved
2022-10-17 CVE Published
2025-05-13 CVE Updated
2025-07-05 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00011.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/grafana/grafana-image-renderer/issues/329	2023-11-07
https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch/commit/a8763f4388e51956be62dc6025cec1126beeb5e6	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MTEUUTNIEBHGKUKKLNUZSV7IEP6IP3Q3	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UM6XJ73Q3NAM5KSGCOKJ2ZIA6GUWUJLK	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3517	2023-06-21
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2134609	2023-06-21

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Minimatch Project Search vendor "Minimatch Project"		Minimatch Search vendor "Minimatch Project" for product "Minimatch"				< 3.0.5 Search vendor "Minimatch Project" for product "Minimatch" and version " < 3.0.5"		node.js		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				36 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "36"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				37 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "37"		-		Affected