5.3

CVE-2025-25290: octokit request.js

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesCGA-3c3m-jgjp-9qqhCGA-46rx-xwhm-gv9jCGA-555f-8mm7-m5w9
Published 14-02-2025Last modified 16-01-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-25290 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in octokit request.js. EPSS estimates a 0.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.78%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 3
CGA-4PQ2-47W9-79CXCGA-8HRM-R7XJ-7739CGA-GJVH-RRQC-WHRF

Timeline

  1. 14-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-01-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

@octokit/request sends parameterized requests to GitHub’s APIs with sensible defaults in browsers and Node. Starting in version 1.0.0 and prior to versions 9.2.1 and 8.4.1, the regular expression `/<([^>]+)>; rel="deprecation"/` used to match the `link` header in HTTP responses is vulnerable to a ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) attack. This vulnerability arises due to the unbounded nature of the regex's matching behavior, which can lead to catastrophic backtracking when processing specially crafted input. An attacker could exploit this flaw by sending a malicious `link` header, resulting in excessive CPU usage and potentially causing the server to become unresponsive, impacting service availability. Versions 9.2.1 and 8.4.1 fix the issue.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.78%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

55%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.78% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.78%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard5 products
  • lerna< 8.2.1-r0
  • prism< 5.14.3-r1 | < 5.14.3-r8
  • renovate< 39.174.0-r0
  • tileserver-gl< 5.4.0-r2
  • tileserver-gl-fips< 5.4.0-r2
Wolfi4 products
  • lerna< 8.2.1-r0
  • prism< 5.14.3-r1 | < 5.14.3-r8
  • renovate< 39.174.0-r0
  • tileserver-gl< 5.4.0-r2
@octokit1 product
  • request≥ 9.0.0-beta.1, < 9.2.1 | ≥ 1.0.0, < 8.4.1
Octokit1 product

4 vendors · 11 products

References

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