Vulnerability in Pillarjs Path-To-Regexp

CVE-2024-45296

path-to-regexp turns path strings into a regular expressions. In certain cases, path-to-regexp will output a regular expression that can be exploited to cause poor performance. Because JavaScript is single threaded and regex matching runs on the main thread, poor performance will block the event loop and lead to a DoS. The bad regular expression is generated any time you have two parameters within a single segment, separated by something that is not a period (.). For users of 0.1, upgrade to 0.1.10. All other users should upgrade to 8.0.0.

Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.009 (57.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-45296?
CVE-2024-45296 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pillarjs Path-To-Regexp, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-09-09.
How severe is CVE-2024-45296?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-45296 known to be exploited?
7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.