CVE-2017-18077

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

index.js in brace-expansion before 1.1.7 is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks, as demonstrated by an expand argument containing many comma characters.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 27, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-18077: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix