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@octokit/request-error has a Regular Expression in index that Leads to ReDoS Vulnerability Due to Catastrophic Backtracking
@octokit/request-error has a Regular Expression in index that Leads to ReDoS Vulnerability Due to Catastrophic Backtracking
Affected packages
- @octokit/request-error
Exploit signal
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- No
- EPSS score
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- EPSS percentile
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EPSS is the probability a CVE is exploited in the wild; percentile is its rank among all CVEs.
Sources
- https://github.com/octokit/request-error.js/security/advisories/GHSA-xx4v-prfh-6cgc
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-25289
- https://github.com/octokit/request-error.js/commit/d558320874a4bc8d356babf1079e6f0056a59b9e
- https://github.com/octokit/request-error.js
- https://github.com/octokit/request-error.js/blob/main/src/index.ts
Structured record: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-xx4v-prfh-6cgc
Recommended response stack
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