A vulnerability was found in juliangruber brace-expansion up to 1.1.11/2.0.1/3.0.0/4.0.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function expand of the file index.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 1.1.12, 2.0.2, 3.0.1 and 4.0.1 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is a5b98a4f30d7813266b221435e1eaaf25a1b0ac5. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
CVE-2025-5889
This low-severity CVE scores 3.1 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 74% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 3.1
- EG Score
- 3.1(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 37.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 9, 2025
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
References (6)
- cna@vuldbhttps://gist.github.com/mmmsssttt404/37a40ce7d6e5ca604858fe30814d9466
- cna@vuldbhttps://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/pull/65/commits/a5b98a4f30d7813266b221435e1eaaf25a1b0ac5
- cna@vuldbhttps://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/releases/tag/v4.0.1
- cna@vuldbhttps://vuldb.com/?ctiid.311660
- cna@vuldbhttps://vuldb.com/?id.311660
- cna@vuldbhttps://vuldb.com/?submit.585717
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-5889(8)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:33154Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ceph Storage
- RHSA-2025:22420Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.14 security, enhancement & bug fix update
- RHSA-2025:22418Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.15 security, enhancement & bug fix update
- RHSA-2025:22416Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.16 security, enhancement & bug fix update
- RHSA-2025:22415Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.17 security, enhancement & bug fix update
- RHSA-2025:21704Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.20 security, enhancement & bug fix update
- RHSA-2025:21378Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.19 security, enhancement & bug fix update
- RHSA-2025:21368Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.18 security, enhancement & bug fix update
Patch Availability(7)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | odf4/rook-ceph-rhel9-operator:v4.15-1764177029 | 2025-12-01 | redhat |
| redhat | odf4/rook-ceph-rhel9-operator:v4.16-1764170021 | 2025-12-01 | redhat |
| redhat | odf4/rook-ceph-rhel9-operator:v4.17-1764169222 | 2025-12-01 | redhat |
| redhat | odf4/rook-ceph-rhel9-operator:v4.14-1764215448 | 2025-12-01 | redhat |
| redhat | odf4/rook-ceph-rhel9-operator:v4.20-1761849444 | 2025-11-18 | redhat |
| redhat | odf4/rook-ceph-rhel9-operator:v4.18-1761855234 | 2025-11-13 | redhat |
| redhat | odf4/rook-ceph-rhel9-operator:v4.19-1761844480 | 2025-11-13 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
npm(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| brace-expansion | 4.0.0 | 4.0.1 | — |
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(1)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
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