Vulnerability in Terser

CVE-2022-25858

The package terser before 4.8.1, from 5.0.0 and before 5.14.2 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to insecure usage of regular expressions.

Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.030 (86.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

  • Terser
  • N/a Terser — versions unspecified, 5.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-25858?
CVE-2022-25858 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Terser, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-07-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-25858?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-25858 known to be exploited?
4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.