melnaron mel-spintax spintax.js redos
Published Jan 18, 2023
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.88%
Description
A vulnerability was found in melnaron mel-spintax. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file lib/spintax.js. The manipulation of the argument text leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The name of the patch is 37767617846e27b87b63004e30216e8f919637d3. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-218456.
Affected products
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melnaron | Mel-Spintax | n/a |
|
- < 2018-06-02
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
mel-spintax
npm
Introduced 0 Fixed 1.0.3
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | mel-spintax | 0 | 1.0.3 |
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2 other sources (GHSA, CVE.org) ▾
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2023–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.88% (0.00882) | 57.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.88% (0.00875) | 54.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00052) | 13.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.12% (0.00121) | 48.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00097) | 40.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 21, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00088) | 37.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 20, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00088) | 35.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 24, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00078) | 32.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 18, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00058) | 22.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00049) | 15.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jan 26, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 35.74th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jan 18, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 29.75th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (5)
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qjm7-55vv-3c5f Advisory
- https://github.com/melnaron/mel-spintax/commit/37767617846e27b87b63004e30216e8f919637d3 patchThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25077
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218456 signaturepermissions-requiredPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.218456 vdb-entrytechnical-descriptionPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qjm7-55vv-3c5f | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/melnaron/mel-spintax/commit/37767617846e27b87b63004e30216e8f919637d3 | patchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25077 | ||
| https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218456 | signaturepermissions-requiredPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory | |
| https://vuldb.com/?id.218456 | vdb-entrytechnical-descriptionPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.