Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in node-fetch/node-fetch
Priority LOW 35CWE-1333Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-1333.
Summary
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitHub repository node-fetch/node-fetch prior to 3.2.10.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01336 71st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed node-fetch/node-fetch (node-fetch): 3.2.10node-fetch (npm): 3.2.10
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| node-fetch | node-fetch/node-fetch | 3.0.0 and later | 3.2.10 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | node-fetch (npm) | 3.0.0 to before 3.2.10 | 3.2.10 | Patch available | GHSA-vp56-6g26-6827 |
- node-fetch/node-fetch Vendornode-fetch Affected 3.0.0 and later Fixed in 3.2.10 Patch available CNA
- node-fetch (npm) Vendor— Affected 3.0.0 to before 3.2.10 Fixed in 3.2.10 Patch available GHSA-vp56-6g26-6827
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:node-fetch_project:node-fetch:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | 3.0.0 to before 3.2.10 | Vulnerable | node-fetch |
- cpe:2.3:a:node-fetch_project:node-fetch:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions 3.0.0 to before 3.2.10 Vulnerable ·node-fetch
Remediation
- Fix · CNA node-fetch/node-fetch (node-fetch) Fixed in 3.2.10
- Fix · GHSA-vp56-6g26-6827 node-fetch (npm) Fixed in 3.2.10 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 32 products
- .NET 6.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Migration Toolkit for Containers
- Migration Toolkit for Virtualization
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services
- OpenShift Service Mesh 2
- OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0
- OpenShift Service Mesh 2.1
- Red Hat A-MQ Online
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 3
- Red Hat Data Grid 8
- Red Hat Decision Manager 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Integration Camel K 1
- Red Hat Integration Service Registry
- Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift GitOps
- Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 2
- Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4
- Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4
- Red Hat Process Automation 7
- Red Hat Satellite 6
- Red Hat Storage 3
- Red Hat Virtualization 4
- Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-2596
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vp56-6g26-6827
- 2026-10-07 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More Node-fetch vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-00171 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in node-fetch/node-fetch CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2020-11940 File size limit bypass in node-fetch CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2022-2596 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-2596 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vp56-6g26-6827 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-2596 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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