melnaron mel-spintax spintax.js redos
Priority LOW 35CWE-1333Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-1333.
Summary
A vulnerability was found in melnaron mel-spintax. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file lib/spintax.js. The manipulation of the argument text leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The name of the patch is 37767617846e27b87b63004e30216e8f919637d3. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-218456.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00923 60th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed mel-spintax (npm): 1.0.3
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| melnaron | mel-spintax | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | mel-spintax (npm) | before 1.0.3 | 1.0.3 | Patch available | GHSA-qjm7-55vv-3c5f |
- mel-spintax Vendormelnaron Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- mel-spintax (npm) Vendor— Affected before 1.0.3 Fixed in 1.0.3 Patch available GHSA-qjm7-55vv-3c5f
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:mel-spintax_project:mel-spintax:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 2018-06-02 | Vulnerable | Mel-spintax Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:mel-spintax_project:mel-spintax:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2018-06-02 Vulnerable ·Mel-spintax Project
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-qjm7-55vv-3c5f mel-spintax (npm) Fixed in 1.0.3 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-25077
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qjm7-55vv-3c5f
References
Sources
- CVE-2018-25077 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-25077 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qjm7-55vv-3c5f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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