semver vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service
Versions of the package semver before 7.5.2 on the 7.x branch, before 6.3.1 on the 6.x branch, and all other versions before 5.7.2 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the function new Range, when untrusted user data is provided as a range.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm package | semver | >= 7.0.0, < 7.5.2, >= 6.0.0, < 6.3.1, >= 2.0.0-alpha, < 5.7.2 | 7.5.2, 6.3.1, 5.7.2 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25883
- https://github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/564
- https://github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/585
- https://github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/593
- https://github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/2f8fd41487acf380194579ecb6f8b1bbfe116be0
- https://github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/717534ee353682f3bcf33e60a8af4292626d4441
- https://github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/928e56d21150da0413a3333a3148b20e741a920c
- https://github.com/npm/node-semver
- https://github.com/npm/node-semver/blob/main/classes/range.js#L97-L104
- https://github.com/npm/node-semver/blob/main/classes/range.js%23L97-L104
- https://github.com/npm/node-semver/blob/main/internal/re.js#L138
- https://github.com/npm/node-semver/blob/main/internal/re.js#L160
- https://github.com/npm/node-semver/blob/main/internal/re.js%23L138
- https://github.com/npm/node-semver/blob/main/internal/re.js%23L160
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241025-0004
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SEMVER-3247795
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-1333- Platform
- npm
- Package
semver- Disclosed
- 21.06.2023
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-c2qf-rxjj-qqgw - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: semver
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- Total entries
- 2
- First → latest
- 10.2017 06.2023
- Without a fix
- 0
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- High 2
Disclosures per year
- 2017: 1
- 2018: 0
- 2019: 0
- 2020: 0
- 2021: 0
- 2022: 0
- 2023: 1
- 2024: 0
- 2025: 0
- 2026: 0
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