CVE-2022-37260 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) flaw was found in stealjs steal 2.2.4 via the input variable in main.js.

Published: 2022-09-15

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:stealjs:steal:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-6731	A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) flaw was found in stealjs steal 2.2.4 via the input variable in main.js.
Github GHSA	GHSA-7f3x-2wcx-hww8	steal vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service via input variable

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01302.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/stealjs/steal/blob/c9dd1eb19ed3f97aeb93cf9dcea5d68ad5d0ced9/main.js#L2490
https://github.com/stealjs/steal/blob/c9dd1eb19ed3f97aeb93cf9dcea5d68ad5d0ced9/main.js#L3344
https://github.com/stealjs/steal/issues/1529

History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00097}`	epss `{'score': 0.00103}`

Subscriptions

Stealjs Steal

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-15T18:18:22.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:29:20.580Z

Reserved: 2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-37260

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-15T19:15:09.847

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:54:49.203

Link: CVE-2022-37260

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-1333

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