Regular expression denial of service in minimatch

1) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU69942

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3517

CWE-ID: CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing regular expressions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

minimatch: 0.0.1 - 3.0.4

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:isaacs:minimatch:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:isaacs:minimatch:0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:isaacs:minimatch:0.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://github.com/grafana/grafana-image-renderer/issues/329
https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch/commit/a8763f4388e51956be62dc6025cec1126beeb5e6

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.