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node-semver — security advisory
Versions of the package semver before 7.5.2 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the function new Range, when untrusted user data is provided as a range.
- Products
- node-semver
- Affected versions
- 2.1.0-2, 2.1.0-2ubuntu0.0.1~esm1, 2.1.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1, 5.3.0-1, 5.4.1-1, 5.7.1-1, 6.3.0-2, 7.1.1-2, 7.1.3-1, 7.3.4-1, 7.3.5+~7.3.8-1, 7.5.4+~7.5.0-2, 7.6.1+~7.5.8-2, 7.7.4+~cs9.7.4-2
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-25883
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Versions of the package semver before 7.5.2 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the function new Range, when untrusted user data is provided as a range.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2022-25883
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Complete source record
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