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CVE-2018-1109

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-03-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-185

Description

A vulnerability was found in Braces versions 2.2.0 and above, prior to 2.3.1. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks.

Affected products

• nodejs-braces: before 2.3.1 — fixed in 2.3.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: nodejs-braces 2.3.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547272
• https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:braces:20180219
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547272
• https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:braces:20180219

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