Out-of-bounds read in uhop node-re2
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
re2 provides Node.js bindings for Google's RE2 regular expression engine. Prior to 1.25.2, re2 validates lastIndex against the UTF-8 byte length of a subject but uses it as a UTF-16 code-unit offset in exec, test, match, replace, and split, allowing an attacker-influenced lastIndex on a non-ASCII subject to trigger an out-of-bounds heap read and an uncatchable process crash, with limited heap information disclosure in some cases. This issue is fixed in 1.25.2.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| uhop | node-re2 | before 1.25.2 | 1.25.2 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | re2 (npm) | before 1.25.2 | 1.25.2 | Patch available | GHSA-ff84-5f28-78qj |
- node-re2 Vendoruhop Affected before 1.25.2 Fixed in 1.25.2 Patch available CNA
- re2 (npm) Vendor— Affected before 1.25.2 Fixed in 1.25.2 Patch available GHSA-ff84-5f28-78qj
Remediation
- Fix · CNA node-re2 (uhop) Fixed in 1.25.2
- Fix · GHSA-ff84-5f28-78qj re2 (npm) Fixed in 1.25.2 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Hardened Images
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-67550
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ff84-5f28-78qj
References
More uhop vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-78913 Quadratic CPU use in stream-json FlexAssembler allows denial of service CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.2
- TI-2026-65777 stream-json: JSONC parser and verifier re-scan the whole accumulated comment on every input chunk CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.2
- TI-2026-50052 Reachable assertion in uhop node-re2 CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.2
- TI-2026-50051 stream-json: pick/ignore/filter/replace filters are O(depth²) on nested input — small… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.2
- TI-2026-48273 Infinite loop in uhop node-re2 CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.2
- TI-2026-65778 stream-json: Prototype pollution: Assembler writes this.current[this.key] on plain objects CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-67550 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-67550 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-ff84-5f28-78qj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-67550 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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