CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-68499
re2 provides Node.js bindings for Google's RE2 regular expression engine. Prior to 1.25.2, re2's String.prototype.match implementation with a global RE2 pattern that can match the empty string fails to advance its native matching cursor in lib/match.cc, causing an infinite loop and unbounded native memory growth that blocks the event loop and can exhaust host memory. This issue is fixed in 1.25.2.
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"node-re2","vendor":"uhop","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 1.25.2"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":6.2,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
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CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-835","description":"CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:41f4fd0b1aac3acc224a894206893699027499dc433ba77f33f0264151a8327e · sha256:5e432f989c68aa77… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
4 source assertions{"name":"https://github.com/uhop/node-re2/commit/56293de4fc0914d7bc35f92e98de25b0d9bb417d","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/uhop/node-re2/commit/56293de4fc0914d7bc35f92e98de25b0d9bb417d"}
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{"name":"https://github.com/uhop/node-re2/releases/tag/1.25.2","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/uhop/node-re2/releases/tag/1.25.2"}
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{"name":"https://github.com/uhop/node-re2/security/advisories/GHSA-6hxr-mr5r-9836","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/uhop/node-re2/security/advisories/GHSA-6hxr-mr5r-9836"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:41f4fd0b1aac3acc224a894206893699027499dc433ba77f33f0264151a8327e · sha256:5e432f989c68aa77… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://github.com/uhop/node-re2/security/advisories/GHSA-6hxr-mr5r-9836"}
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Attribution and limitations
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