CVE catalog
CVE-2017-18077
node-brace-expansion: CVE-2017-18077
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.58% · Oct 25, 2026
index.js in brace-expansion before 1.1.7 is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks, as demonstrated by an expand argument containing many comma characters.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-brace-expansion | sid | 2.1.7+~1.1.2-1 | fixed |
| Debian | node-brace-expansion | forky | 2.1.7+~1.1.2-1 | fixed |
| Debian | node-brace-expansion | trixie | 2.0.1+~1.1.0-2 | fixed |
| Debian | node-brace-expansion | bookworm | 2.0.1-2 | fixed |
| Npm | brace-expansion | Not reported | 1.1.7 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-brace-expansion | source | sid | 1.1.8-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [862712] |
| Debian | node-brace-expansion | source | forky | 1.1.8-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [862712] |
| Debian | node-brace-expansion | source | trixie | 1.1.8-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [862712] |
| Debian | node-brace-expansion | source | bookworm | 1.1.8-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [862712] |
| Npm | brace-expansion | npm | Not reported | 1.1.7 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [node-brace-expansion]Fixed
Details (2)
2.0.1-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-1dsa · node-brace-expansion · debian · bookworm; dsa · node-brace-expansion · debian · 12
2.0.1-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-1dsa · node-brace-expansion · debian · bookworm; dsa · node-brace-expansion · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [node-brace-expansion]Fixed
Details (2)
2.0.1+~1.1.0-2· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-1dsa · node-brace-expansion · debian · 13
2.0.1+~1.1.0-2· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.1.8-1dsa · node-brace-expansion · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18077]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-832h-xg76-4gv6]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-18077]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2017/cve-2017-18077.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2020/wid-sec-w-2026-2183.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]