CVE-2025-25285: @octokit/endpoint has a Regular Expression in parse that Leads to ReDoS Vulnerability Due to Catastrophic Backtracking

February 14, 2025

By crafting specific options parameters, the endpoint.parse(options) call can be triggered, leading to a regular expression denial-of-service (ReDoS) attack. This causes the program to hang and results in high CPU utilization.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-x4c5-c7rf-jjgv
github.com/octokit/endpoint.js
github.com/octokit/endpoint.js/commit/6c9c5be033c450d436efb37de41b6470c22f7db8
github.com/octokit/endpoint.js/security/advisories/GHSA-x4c5-c7rf-jjgv
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-25285

Code Behaviors & Features

Detect and mitigate CVE-2025-25285 with GitLab Dependency Scanning

Secure your software supply chain by verifying that all open source dependencies used in your projects contain no disclosed vulnerabilities. Learn more about Dependency Scanning →