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CVE-2022-3517: minimatch ReDoS vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-10-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

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.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 10.0
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 36, 37
• isaacs minimatch: before 3.0.5 — fixed in 3.0.5
• Npm Minimatch: before 3.0.5 — fixed in 3.0.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: isaacs minimatch 3.0.5; Npm Minimatch 3.0.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• 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
• 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://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
• 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/

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