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TI-2022-09016 Aliases CVE-2022-25324GHSA-6429-3g3w-6mw5

Denial of service (DoS) in bignum

Priority LOW 36CWE-1321Published · 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
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-248.

Summary

All versions of package bignum are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to a type-check exception in V8, when verifying the type of the second argument to the .powm function, V8 will crash regardless of Node try/catch blocks.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01516 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—bignumall versions—No fix listedCNA
—bignum (npm)up to 0.13.1—No fix listedGHSA-6429-3g3w-6mw5
  • bignum Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • bignum (npm) Vendor— Affected up to 0.13.1 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-6429-3g3w-6mw5

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:bignum_project:bignum:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*all versionsVulnerableBignum Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:bignum_project:bignum:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Bignum Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-25324
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6429-3g3w-6mw5

References

Advisory 2

Other 2

Sources

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