PT-2018-3671 · Npm · Braces

Laura Pardo · Published 2018-02-20 · Updated 2025-12-01 · CVE-2018-1109

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Braces versions prior to 2.3.1

Description The issue is related to an uncontrolled resource consumption in the Braces package of the NPM package manager. It can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. The vulnerability is specifically a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attack.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.3.1, update to version 2.3.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the Braces package until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

CWE-185

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-02845

CVE-2018-1109

GHSA-CWFW-4GQ5-MRQX

Affected Products

Braces

References · 15

• 🔥 https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:braces:20180219 · Exploit
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1109 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547272 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1109 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-cwfw-4gq5-mrqx · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1109 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1109 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-02845 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1109 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/micromatch/braces/commit/abdafb0cae1e0c00f184abbadc692f4eaa98f451 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/12280 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/144419 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/12495 · Telegram Post
• https://npmjs.com/advisories/786 · Note
• https://ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-a-security-vulnerability-in-node-js-braces-and-netmask-module-affects-ibm-cloud-pak-for-multicloud-management-managed-service · Note