CVE-2025-5889
LOWjuliangruber brace-expansion <1.1.11/2.0.1/3.0.0/4.0.0 - Inefficien...
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Permissions Required, VDB Entry vdb-entry
technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?id.311660
Permissions Required, VDB Entry signature
permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.311660
Permissions Required, VDB Entry third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?submit.585717
Various Sources exploit
https://gist.github.com/mmmsssttt404/37a40ce7d6e5ca604858fe30814d9466
Patch issue-tracking
patch
https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/pull/65/commits/a5b98a4f30d7813266b221435e1eaaf25a1b0ac5
Release Notes patch
https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/releases/tag/v4.0.1
Scores
CVSS v3
3.1
EPSS
0.0045
EPSS Percentile
35.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-1333
CWE-400
Status
published
Products (21)
juliangruber/brace-expansion
1.1.0
juliangruber/brace-expansion
1.1.1
juliangruber/brace-expansion
1.1.10
juliangruber/brace-expansion
1.1.11
juliangruber/brace-expansion
1.1.12
juliangruber/brace-expansion
1.1.2
juliangruber/brace-expansion
1.1.3
juliangruber/brace-expansion
1.1.4
juliangruber/brace-expansion
1.1.5
juliangruber/brace-expansion
1.1.6
... and 11 more
Published
Jun 09, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026