CVE-2026-4923

MEDIUM

path-to-regexp vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service via multiple wildcards

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

Impact: When using multiple wildcards, combined with at least one parameter, a regular expression can be generated that is vulnerable to ReDoS. This backtracking vulnerability requires the second wildcard to be somewhere other than the end of the path. Unsafe examples: /*foo-*bar-:baz /*a-:b-*c-:d /x/*a-:b/*c/y Safe examples: /*foo-:bar /*foo-:bar-*baz Patches: Upgrade to version 8.4.0. Workarounds: If you are using multiple wildcard parameters, you can check the regex output with a tool such as https://makenowjust-labs.github.io/recheck/playground/ to confirm whether a path is vulnerable.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 17.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-1333
Status published
Products (4)
npm/path-to-regexp 8.0.0 - 8.4.0npm
path-to-regexp/path-to-regexp 8.0.0 - 8.4.0
path-to-regexp/path-to-regexp 8.4.0
pillarjs/path-to-regexp 8.0.0 - 8.4.0
Published Mar 26, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 27, 2026