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path-to-regexp Unpatched `path-to-regexp` ReDoS in 0.1.x

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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. The regular expression that is vulnerable to backtracking can be generated in the 0.1.x release of path-to-regexp. Upgrade to 0.1.12. This vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-45296.

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CVEs
CVE-2024-52798
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2 Nov 2026, 16:30 UTC · Revision 1

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path-to-regexp Unpatched `path-to-regexp` ReDoS in 0.1.x

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Dec 2024, 22:45 UTC

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. The regular expression that is vulnerable to backtracking can be generated in the 0.1.x release of path-to-regexp. Upgrade to 0.1.12. This vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-45296.

osv:CVE-2024-52798
Complete source record
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    "summary": "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. The regular expression that is vulnerable to backtracking can be generated in the 0.1.x release of path-to-regexp. Upgrade to 0.1.12. This vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-45296.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-52798",
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        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52798",
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  "published_at": "2024-12-05T22:45:42.774+00:00"
}