CVE-2018-1109 (GCVE-0-2018-1109)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-30 01:52 – Updated: 2025-12-01 14:18
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Braces versions 2.2.0 and above, prior to 2.3.1. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks.
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n/a nodejs-braces Affected: 2.2.0 , < 2.3.1 (semver)
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