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@octokit/request has a Regular Expression in fetchWrapper that Leads to ReDoS Vulnerability Due to Catastrophic Backtracking
@octokit/request has a Regular Expression in fetchWrapper that Leads to ReDoS Vulnerability Due to Catastrophic Backtracking
Affected packages
- @octokit/request
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.js/security/advisories/GHSA-rmvr-2pp2-xj38
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-25290
- https://github.com/octokit/request.js/commit/34ff07ee86fc5c20865982d77391bc910ef19c68
- https://github.com/octokit/request.js/commit/356411e3217019aa9fc8a68f4236af82490873c2
- https://github.com/octokit/request.js/commit/6bb29ba92a52f7bf94469c3433707c682c17126c
- https://github.com/octokit/request.js
- https://github.com/octokit/request.js/releases/tag/v8.4.1
- https://github.com/octokit/request.js/releases/tag/v9.2.1
Structured record: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-rmvr-2pp2-xj38
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