VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-3517

A vulnerability was found in the minimatch package.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.82%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.82%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A vulnerability was found in the minimatch package. This flaw allows a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) when calling the braceExpand function with specific arguments, resulting in a Denial of Service.

CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 1.82% probability · 77th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-400, CWE-1333
Affected: minimatch project/minimatch · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora
Source: secalert@redhat.com

References

https://github.com/grafana/grafana-image-renderer/issues/329Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch/commit/a8763f4388e51956be62dc6025cec1126beeb5e6Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MTEUUTNIEBHGKUKKLNUZSV7IEP6IP3Q3/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UM6XJ73Q3NAM5KSGCOKJ2ZIA6GUWUJLK/
https://github.com/grafana/grafana-image-renderer/issues/329Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch/commit/a8763f4388e51956be62dc6025cec1126beeb5e6Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MTEUUTNIEBHGKUKKLNUZSV7IEP6IP3Q3/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UM6XJ73Q3NAM5KSGCOKJ2ZIA6GUWUJLK/

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.