Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting micromatch package, versions <4.0.6
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.05% (16th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JS-MICROMATCH-6838728
- published 13 May 2024
- disclosed 13 May 2024
- credit Mário Teixeira
Introduced: 13 May 2024
CVE-2024-4067 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade micromatch to version 4.0.6 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity due to the use of unsafe pattern configurations that allow greedy matching through the micromatch.braces() function. An attacker can cause the application to hang or slow down by passing a malicious payload that triggers extensive backtracking in regular expression processing.
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