CVE-2017-18077

Aliases:GHSA-832h-xg76-4gv6
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 27 Jan 2018, 12:00
Last modified:17 Sept 2024, 00:56

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
40/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.52% LOW
1% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 Jan 2018, 12:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
17 Sept 2024, 00:56
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

index.js in brace-expansion before 1.1.7 is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks, as demonstrated by an expand argument containing many comma characters.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.52%• Percentile: 67%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

    The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

  • brace_expansion_project•brace_expansion

    < 1.1.7

  • Npm•brace-expansion

    < 1.1.7

References (9)