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medium 5.3

CVE-2022-25881 json

http-cache-semantics vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service

published 3y ago modified last mo. also GHSA-rc47-6667-2j5j , EUVD-2023-0544

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

This affects versions of the package http-cache-semantics before 4.1.1. The issue can be exploited via malicious request header values sent to a server, when that server reads the cache policy from the request using this library.

Patch / fix

  • npm http-cache-semantics 4.1.1
  • maven org.webjars.npm:http-cache-semantics 4.1.1
  • n/a http-cache-semantics 4.1.1
  • n/a org.webjars.npm:http-cache-semantics 4.1.1
  • npm RHEL 9 1:9.5.0-1.18.14.2.2.module+el9.2.0.z+18497+a402347c
  • nodejs RHEL 9 1:18.14.2-2.module+el9.2.0.z+18497+a402347c
  • nodejs-nodemon RHEL 9 2.0.20-2.module+el9.2.0.z+18497+a402347c
  • nodejs-full-i18n RHEL 9 1:18.14.2-2.module+el9.2.0.z+18497+a402347c
  • nodejs-packaging RHEL 9 2021.06-4.module+el9.1.0+15718+e52ec601
  • nodejs-packaging-bundler RHEL 9 2021.06-4.module+el9.1.0+15718+e52ec601
  • npm RHEL 8 1:9.5.0-1.18.14.2.2.module+el8.7.0+18445+9493b6ea
  • nodejs RHEL 8 1:18.14.2-2.module+el8.7.0+18445+9493b6ea

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:2654RHSA-2023:1583RHSA-2023:1582RHSA-2023:1743RHSA-2023:1742RHSA-2023:1533

  • nodejs18 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP5, SLE Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.5 +1 more 18.16.1-150400.9.9.1
  • nodejs18 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 12 18.16.1-8.9.1
  • nodejs16 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 12 16.20.0-8.27.1
  • nodejs16 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 16.20.0-150400.3.18.2
  • nodejs16 SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +3 more 16.20.0-150300.7.21.2
  • nodejs12 SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS +8 more 12.22.12-150200.4.47.1
  • nodejs14 SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS +8 more 14.21.3-150200.15.46.1
  • nodejs14 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 12 14.21.3-6.43.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:2669-1SUSE-SU-2023:2662-1SUSE-SU-2023:1942-1SUSE-SU-2023:1924-1SUSE-SU-2023:1923-1SUSE-SU-2023:1876-1

  • nodejs18 openSUSE Tumbleweed 18.16.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12870-1

  • npm AlmaLinux 9 1:9.5.0-1.18.14.2.2.module_el9.2.0+29+de583a0b
  • nodejs AlmaLinux 9 1:18.14.2-2.module_el9.2.0+29+de583a0b
  • nodejs-nodemon AlmaLinux 9 2.0.20-2.module_el9.2.0+29+de583a0b
  • nodejs-full-i18n AlmaLinux 9 1:18.14.2-2.module_el9.2.0+29+de583a0b
  • nodejs-packaging AlmaLinux 9 2021.06-4.module_el9.1.0+13+d9a595ea
  • nodejs-packaging-bundler AlmaLinux 9 2021.06-4.module_el9.1.0+13+d9a595ea
  • nodejs AlmaLinux 9 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2
  • npm AlmaLinux 9 1:8.19.3-1.16.19.1.1.el9_2

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:2654ALSA-2023:2655ALSA-2023:1743ALSA-2023:1582ALSA-2023:1583

  • nodejs-packaging Rocky Linux 9 2021.06-4.module+el9.7.0+40025+0e0cf6b2
  • nodejs-packaging Rocky Linux 9 2021.06-4.module+el9.7.0+40017+f0db1785
  • nodejs-packaging Rocky Linux 9 2021.06-4.module+el9.7.0+40018+a011993d
  • nodejs-packaging Rocky Linux 9 2021.06-4.module+el9.7.0+40022+9ecc286c
  • nodejs Rocky Linux 9 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2
  • nodejs-nodemon Rocky Linux 9 2.0.20-3.el9_2
  • nodejs Rocky Linux 8 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+1183+c2c35f0a
  • nodejs-nodemon Rocky Linux 8 2.0.20-3.module+el8.7.0+1178+d52dba78

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2023:2654RLSA-2023:2655RLSA-2023:1743RLSA-2023:1582RLSA-2023:1583

  • nodejs CBL-Mariner 2.0 16.20.1-2

azure linux advisories AZL-13173

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

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red hat product security vex CVE-2022-25881 updated cvss 7.5

http-cache-semantics: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability

  • Red Hat .NET 6.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-dotnet60-dotnet, rh-dotnet60-dotnet-host, rh-dotnet60-dotnet-sdk-6.0, rh-dotnet60-dotnet-hostfxr-6.0, rh-dotnet60-dotnet-runtime-6.0, rh-dotnet60-dotnet-templates-6.0, +6 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Virtualization migration-toolkit-virtualization/mtv-ui-rhel8 Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2 openshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel8 Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.1 openshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel8 Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 rhacm2/console-rhel8
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3 advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-docs-rhel8, advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-main-rhel8, advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-roxctl-rhel8, advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-rhel8-operator
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Discovery 1 discovery-server-container
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 dotnet, dotnet6.0, dotnet-host, dotnet-sdk-6.0, dotnet-hostfxr-6.0, dotnet-runtime-6.0, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 dotnet6.0, dotnet-host, dotnet-sdk-6.0, dotnet-hostfxr-6.0, dotnet-runtime-6.0, dotnet-templates-6.0, +6 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Fuse 7 http-cache-semantics Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 http-cache-semantics Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 http-cache-semantics Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 openshift3/ose-console Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4 ocs4/mcg-core-rhel8
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4 odf4/mcg-core-rhel8, noobaa-core-container
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces devspaces/code-rhel8, devspaces/dashboard-rhel8, devspaces-theia-rhel8-container, devspaces-theia-endpoint-rhel8-container
    affected: no fix available, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
show 10 more
  • Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 2 rhosdt/jaeger-query-rhel8, rhosdt/jaeger-all-in-one-rhel8
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) nodejs 14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+18531+81d21ca6, nodejs 16.19.1-1.module+el8.7.0+18373+704f5cef, nodejs 18.14.2-2.module+el8.7.0+18445+9493b6ea, nodejs-packaging 23-3.module+el8.3.0+6519+9f98ed83, nodejs-packaging 25-1.module+el8.5.0+10992+fac5fe06, npm 9.5.0-1.18.14.2.2.module+el8.7.0+18445+9493b6ea, +10 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:1743
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) nodejs 16.19.1-1.el9_2, nodejs-libs 16.19.1-1.el9_2, npm 8.19.3-1.16.19.1.1.el9_2, nodejs-full-i18n 16.19.1-1.el9_2, nodejs 18.14.2-2.module+el9.2.0.z+18497+a402347c, npm 9.5.0-1.18.14.2.2.module+el9.2.0.z+18497+a402347c, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2655
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.4) nodejs 14.21.3-1.module+el8.4.0+18317+43f5ac16, nodejs-packaging 23-3.module+el8.3.0+6519+9f98ed83, nodejs-nodemon 2.0.20-3.module+el8.4.0+18317+43f5ac16, npm 6.14.18-1.14.21.3.1.module+el8.4.0+18317+43f5ac16, nodejs-full-i18n 14.21.3-1.module+el8.4.0+18317+43f5ac16
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:1533
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6) nodejs 14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646, nodejs-packaging 23-3.module+el8.3.0+6519+9f98ed83, nodejs-nodemon 2.0.20-3.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646, npm 6.14.18-1.14.21.3.1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646, nodejs-full-i18n 14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:1742
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0) nodejs 16.20.2-1.el9_0, nodejs-libs 16.20.2-1.el9_0, npm 8.19.4-1.16.20.2.1.el9_0, nodejs-full-i18n 16.20.2-1.el9_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:5533
  • Red Hat Migration Toolkit 1.7 rhmtc/openshift-migration-ui-rhel8 v1.7.8-5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:1428
  • Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7) rh-nodejs14 3.6-2.el7, rh-nodejs14-runtime 3.6-2.el7, rh-nodejs14-scldevel 3.6-2.el7, rh-nodejs14-nodejs 14.21.3-2.el7, rh-nodejs14-npm 6.14.18-14.21.3.2.el7, rh-nodejs14-nodejs-full-i18n 14.21.3-2.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL(v. 7) rh-nodejs14 3.6-2.el7, rh-nodejs14-runtime 3.6-2.el7, rh-nodejs14-scldevel 3.6-2.el7, rh-nodejs14-nodejs 14.21.3-2.el7, rh-nodejs14-npm 6.14.18-14.21.3.2.el7, rh-nodejs14-nodejs-full-i18n 14.21.3-2.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:1744
  • Red Hat RHINT Service Registry 2.4.3 GA
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3815
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 rhacm2/search-api-rhel8 Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3 advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-central-db-rhel8 Red Hat Decision Manager 7 http-cache-semantics Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 cockpit, cockpit-ws, cockpit-pcp, cockpit-bridge, cockpit-podman, cockpit-system, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) nodejs-nodemon 2.0.20-3.el9_2 Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 http-cache-semantics
    +4 more products
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 http-cache-semantics Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack http-cache-semantics Red Hat Migration Toolkit 1.7 rhmtc/openshift-velero-plugin-rhel8 v1.7.8-3, rhmtc/openshift-migration-velero-rhel8 v1.7.8-4, rhmtc/openshift-migration-openvpn-rhel8 v1.7.8-3, rhmtc/openshift-migration-registry-rhel8 v1.7.8-3, rhmtc/openshift-migration-rhel8-operator v1.7.8-10, rhmtc/openshift-migration-controller-rhel8 v1.7.8-6, +10 more Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 http-cache-semantics
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

1.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • security.snyk.io https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-HTTPCACHESEMANTICS-3248783 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • security.snyk.io https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-3253332 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm http-cache-semantics
<4.1.1
4.1.1
maven org.webjars.npm:http-cache-semantics
<4.1.1
4.1.1

Affected products

  • n/a http-cache-semantics
  • n/a org.webjars.npm:http-cache-semantics

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

References

Sources

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