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Package details: pkg:npm/brace-expansion@1.1.7
purl pkg:npm/brace-expansion@1.1.7
Next non-vulnerable version 1.1.12
Latest non-vulnerable version 5.0.5
Risk 1.4
Vulnerabilities affecting this package (1)
Vulnerability Summary Fixed by
VCID-ugqu-gsa9-y7fq
Aliases:
CVE-2025-5889
GHSA-v6h2-p8h4-qcjw
brace-expansion Regular Expression Denial of Service vulnerability A vulnerability was found in juliangruber brace-expansion up to 1.1.11/2.0.1/3.0.0/4.0.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function expand of the file index.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 1.1.12, 2.0.2, 3.0.1 and 4.0.1 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is `a5b98a4f30d7813266b221435e1eaaf25a1b0ac5`. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
1.1.12
Affected by 0 other vulnerabilities.
2.0.2
Affected by 0 other vulnerabilities.
3.0.1
Affected by 0 other vulnerabilities.
4.0.1
Affected by 0 other vulnerabilities.
Vulnerabilities fixed by this package (2)
Vulnerability Summary Aliases
VCID-3qmf-2f2m-fbes Improper Input Validation 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. CVE-2017-18077
GHSA-832h-xg76-4gv6
VCID-bb7f-bzvg-skfe Regular Expression DoS brace expansion is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service attacks. GMS-2017-113

Date Actor Action Vulnerability Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-16T23:30:28.187958+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-ugqu-gsa9-y7fq https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/brace-expansion/CVE-2025-5889.yml 38.4.0
2026-04-16T20:41:28.252145+00:00 GitLab Importer Fixing VCID-3qmf-2f2m-fbes https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/brace-expansion/CVE-2017-18077.yml 38.4.0
2026-04-12T00:50:10.337751+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-ugqu-gsa9-y7fq https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/brace-expansion/CVE-2025-5889.yml 38.3.0
2026-04-11T21:52:03.767267+00:00 GitLab Importer Fixing VCID-3qmf-2f2m-fbes https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/brace-expansion/CVE-2017-18077.yml 38.3.0
2026-04-03T00:58:13.766130+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-ugqu-gsa9-y7fq https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/brace-expansion/CVE-2025-5889.yml 38.1.0
2026-04-02T22:05:51.348964+00:00 GitLab Importer Fixing VCID-3qmf-2f2m-fbes https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/brace-expansion/CVE-2017-18077.yml 38.1.0
2026-04-01T15:56:26.650176+00:00 GHSA Importer Fixing VCID-3qmf-2f2m-fbes https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-832h-xg76-4gv6 38.0.0
2026-04-01T13:03:45.369437+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Fixing VCID-3qmf-2f2m-fbes https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/01/GHSA-832h-xg76-4gv6/GHSA-832h-xg76-4gv6.json 38.0.0
2026-04-01T12:47:34.197351+00:00 GitLab Importer Fixing VCID-3qmf-2f2m-fbes https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/brace-expansion/CVE-2017-18077.yml 38.0.0
2026-04-01T12:47:11.356513+00:00 GitLab Importer Fixing VCID-bb7f-bzvg-skfe https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/brace-expansion/GMS-2017-113.yml 38.0.0