HighGHSA-c2qf-rxjj-qqgwCVE-2022-25883

semver vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service

Published 21 Jun 2023 · Updated 10 Sept 2026

Affected packages

semvernpm

Affected: >=7.0.0 <7.5.2
Fixed in: 7.5.2

Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:npm install semver@7.5.2

semvernpm

Affected: >=6.0.0 <6.3.1
Fixed in: 6.3.1

Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:npm install semver@6.3.1

semvernpm

Affected: >=2.0.0-alpha <5.7.2
Fixed in: 5.7.2

Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:npm install semver@5.7.2

Details

Versions of the package semver before 7.5.2 on the 7.x branch, before 6.3.1 on the 6.x branch, and all other versions before 5.7.2 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the function new Range, when untrusted user data is provided as a range.

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References

Advisory data from OSV.dev (opens OSV.dev in a new tab), refreshed daily.