CVE-2017-18077

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    CVE-2017-18077

    Published: 27 Jan 2018Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://bugs.debian.org/862712, https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/issues/33, https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/pull/35/commits/b13381281cead487cbdbfd6a69fb097ea5e456c3, https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/338

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -892512024872ca7680554be90f6e8ce065053372

    Affected versions

    v1.1.6
    v1.1.5
    v1.1.4
    v1.1.3
    v1.1.2
    v1.1.1
    v1.1.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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