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CVE-2025-5890

actions toolkit glob internal-pattern.ts globEscape redos

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: June 9, 2025 at 06:31 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:48 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorToolkit

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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in actions toolkit 0.5.0. This affects the function globEscape of the file toolkit/packages/glob/src/internal-pattern.ts of the component glob. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely.

Affected

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

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (4)

Issue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/2057
SignaturePermissions Required
Source: [email protected]
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.311661
VDB EntryTechnical Description
Source: [email protected]
https://vuldb.com/?id.311661
Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://vuldb.com/?submit.585727

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.3MEDIUMVulDB
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-400CWE-1333

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