CVE-2022-3517: debian debian_linux Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-3517 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 2% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 1Timeline
- 17-10-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 13-05-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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 metrics
6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · NpmEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
2.28%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
83%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.45 pp
From 1.82% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionThe product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
- CWE-1333Inefficient Regular Expression ComplexityThe product uses a regular expression with a worst-case computational complexity that is inefficient and possibly exponential.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Chainguard4 products
- py3.10-captum< 0.9.0-r1
- py3.11-captum< 0.9.0-r1
- py3.12-captum< 0.9.0-r1
- py3.13-captum< 0.9.0-r1
Debian2 products
- node-minimatch< 3.0.4-3+deb10u1 | < 3.0.5+~3.0.5-1
- debian_linuxEOL10.0
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL36 | 37
Minimatch_project1 product
- minimatch< 3.0.5
Npm1 product
- minimatch< 3.0.5
Ubuntu1 product
- node-minimatch< 3.0.4-3+deb10u1build0.18.04.1 | < 3.0.4-4ubuntu0.1
6 vendors · 10 products
References
15 links- github.com/isaacs/minimatch/commit/a8763f4388e51956be62dc6025cec1126beeb5e6REPORTWEBFIXPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/grafana/grafana-image-renderer/issues/329REPORTWEBIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00011.htmlMailing ListWEBARTICLEThird Party Advisory