[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#1107695: node-brace-expansion: CVE-2025-5889

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: node-brace-expansion
Version: 2.0.1+~1.1.0-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/pull/65
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for node-brace-expansion.

CVE-2025-5889[0]:
| A vulnerability was found in juliangruber brace-expansion up to
| 1.1.11/2.0.1/3.0.0/4.0.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected
| by this issue is the function expand of the file index.js. The
| manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The
| attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is
| rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit
| has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to
| version 1.1.12, 2.0.2, 3.0.1 and 4.0.1 is able to address this
| issue. The name of the patch is
| a5b98a4f30d7813266b221435e1eaaf25a1b0ac5. It is recommended to
| upgrade the affected component.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-5889
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5889
[1] https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/pull/65
[2] https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/commit/0b6a9781e18e9d2769bb2931f4856d1360243ed2

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore