CVE-2024-52798 HIGH

CVE-2024-52798: path-to-regexp Unpatched `path-to-regexp` ReDoS in 0.1.x

Vendor Pillarjs
Product path-to-regexp
Weakness CWE-1333
Published December 5, 2024
Last update January 24, 2025

CVSS base score

7.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

What the vulnerability does

01Description

path-to-regexp turns path strings into a regular expressions. In certain cases, path-to-regexp will output a regular expression that can be exploited to cause poor performance. The regular expression that is vulnerable to backtracking can be generated in the 0.1.x release of path-to-regexp. Upgrade to 0.1.12. This vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-45296.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 5, 2024 CVE published
January 24, 2025 Record updated