GHSA-cwfw-4gq5-mrqx: braces fixed in 2.3.1

GHSA-cwfw-4gq5-mrqx PUBLISHED CVSS 8.699999809265137 HIGH

Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in braces

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published January 6, 2022

braces is fixed in 2.3.1 (npm)

Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in braces

Fixed versions

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Package	Ecosystem	Fixed in
braces	npm	2.3.1

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0

8.699999809265137

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

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
npm	braces	2.2.0

Timeline

Jan 6, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory

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