CVE-2022-3517 — A vulnerability was found in the minimatch package
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.
Published
2022-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2025-05-13T13:41:10.565Z
01What is this vulnerability?
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.
02Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|
| n | a / minimatch | minimatch versions prior to 3.0.5 |
03Active exploitation status
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
04Recommended remediation
- Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
- Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
- Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.
05Technical details
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
06Detection signatures
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07Related CVEs
No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.
08Timeline
- Published: 2022-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Last modified: 2025-05-13T13:41:10.565Z
09References
- github.com — https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch/commit/a8763f4388e51956be62dc6025cec1126beeb…
- github.com — https://github.com/grafana/grafana-image-renderer/issues/329
- lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00011.html
- lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
- lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
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