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CVE-2022-2596: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in node-fetch/node-fetch

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-08-01 · updated 2026-10-07
• Weakness: CWE-1333

Description

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitHub repository node-fetch/node-fetch prior to 3.2.10.

Affected products

• node-fetch/node-fetch: from 3.0.0 before 3.2.10 — fixed in 3.2.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: node-fetch/node-fetch 3.2.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/node-fetch/node-fetch/commit/28802387292baee467e042e168d92597b5bbbe3d
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/a7e6a136-0a4b-46c4-ad20-802f1dd60bf7
• https://github.com/node-fetch/node-fetch/commit/28802387292baee467e042e168d92597b5bbbe3d
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/a7e6a136-0a4b-46c4-ad20-802f1dd60bf7

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