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CVE-2022-25883: semver vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service

June 21, 2023 (updated December 6, 2024)

Versions of the package semver before 7.5.2 on the 7.x branch, before 6.3.1 on the 6.x branch, and all other versions before 5.7.2 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the function new Range, when untrusted user data is provided as a range.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-c2qf-rxjj-qqgw
  • github.com/npm/node-semver
  • github.com/npm/node-semver/blob/main/classes/range.js
  • github.com/npm/node-semver/blob/main/classes/range.js%23L97-L104
  • github.com/npm/node-semver/blob/main/internal/re.js
  • github.com/npm/node-semver/blob/main/internal/re.js
  • github.com/npm/node-semver/blob/main/internal/re.js%23L138
  • github.com/npm/node-semver/blob/main/internal/re.js%23L160
  • github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/2f8fd41487acf380194579ecb6f8b1bbfe116be0
  • github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/717534ee353682f3bcf33e60a8af4292626d4441
  • github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/928e56d21150da0413a3333a3148b20e741a920c
  • github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/564
  • github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/585
  • github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/593
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25883
  • security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241025-0004
  • security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SEMVER-3247795

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Affected versions

All versions before 5.7.2, all versions starting from 6.0.0 before 6.3.1, all versions starting from 7.0.0 before 7.5.2

Fixed versions

  • 7.5.2
  • 6.3.1
  • 5.7.2

Solution

Upgrade to versions 5.7.2, 6.3.1, 7.5.2 or above.

Impact 5.3 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Weakness

  • CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Source file

npm/semver/CVE-2022-25883.yml

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