CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-2596

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Published: Aug 01, 2022 | Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CVSS 3.x
5.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.9 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitHub repository node-fetch/node-fetch prior to 3.2.10.

Weakness

The product uses a regular expression with a worst-case computational complexity that is inefficient and possibly exponential.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Node-fetchNode-fetch_project3.0.0 (including)3.2.10 (excluding)
Node-fetchUbuntubionic*
Node-fetchUbuntufocal*
Node-fetchUbuntukinetic*
Node-fetchUbuntulunar*
Node-fetchUbuntumantic*
Node-fetchUbuntuoracular*
Node-fetchUbuntuplucky*
Node-fetchUbuntuquesting*

Potential Mitigations

References