CVE-2025-5889

juliangruber brace-expansion index.js expand redos

LOW
3.1
CVSS Score
Published: June 9, 2025 at 06:16 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:48 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBrace Expansion

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Severity
LOW3.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
PoC

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Vendor states this is fixed in 1.1.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.0.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.0.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.0.1 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

3.1LOWVulDB
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-400CWE-1333

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