CVE-2022-3517

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    CVE-2022-3517

    Published: 17 Oct 2022Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A vulnerability was found in the minimatch package. This flaw allows a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) when calling the braceExpand function with specific arguments, resulting in a Denial of Service.

    References: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/3xxx/CVE-2022-3517.json, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MTEUUTNIEBHGKUKKLNUZSV7IEP6IP3Q3/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UM6XJ73Q3NAM5KSGCOKJ2ZIA6GUWUJLK/, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3517, https://github.com/grafana/grafana-image-renderer/issues/329, https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch/commit/a8763f4388e51956be62dc6025cec1126beeb5e6, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00011.html

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -707e1b231d5ddf5b00040bd04968a1a092992d1a

    Affected versions

    minimatch versions prior to 3.0.5

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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