CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-4923
Impact:
When using multiple wildcards, combined with at least one parameter, a regular expression can be generated that is vulnerable to ReDoS. This backtracking vulnerability requires the second wildcard to be somewhere other than the end of the path.
Unsafe examples:
/*foo-*bar-:baz
/*a-:b-*c-:d
/x/*a-:b/*c/y
Safe examples:
/*foo-:bar
/*foo-:bar-*baz
Patches:
Upgrade to version 8.4.0.
Workarounds:
If you are using multiple wildcard parameters, you can check the regex output with a too
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageURL":"pkg:npm/path-to-regexp","product":"path-to-regexp","vendor":"path-to-regexp","versions":[{"lessThan":"8.4.0","status":"affected","version":"8.0.0","versionType":"semver"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"8.4.0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":5.9,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:316344b6cc6a2cd10c8a00d60feab175510123b204483bb33c3e0f0b6063bdea · sha256:337cb792c6facfa4… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-1333","description":"CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:316344b6cc6a2cd10c8a00d60feab175510123b204483bb33c3e0f0b6063bdea · sha256:337cb792c6facfa4… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"url":"https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:316344b6cc6a2cd10c8a00d60feab175510123b204483bb33c3e0f0b6063bdea · sha256:337cb792c6facfa4… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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