A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) flaw was found in kangax html-minifier…
Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-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
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-1333.
Summary
A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) flaw was found in kangax html-minifier 4.0.0 because of the reCustomIgnore regular expression.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01351 71st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | html-minifier (npm) | up to 4.0.0 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-pfq8-rq6v-vf5m |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- html-minifier (npm) Vendor— Affected up to 4.0.0 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-pfq8-rq6v-vf5m
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-37620
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pfq8-rq6v-vf5m
References
Advisory 2
Sources
- CVE-2022-37620 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-37620 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pfq8-rq6v-vf5m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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