Disclosed
CVE-2022-3517
A vulnerability was found in the minimatch package. This flaw allows a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) when calling the braceExpand function with specific arguments, resulting in a Denial of Service.
Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low Priority0.45%
The Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS) uses machine learning to estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.
0% (Theoretical)100% (Certainty)
7-Day Exploitation Trend
Vulnerability Timeline
2 eventsOct 17, 2022
Vulnerability Disclosed
Published to component-level vulnerability database.
May 13, 2025
Last Updated
Record updated with new analysis or tags.
Threat Actor Attribution
PREMIUM INTELAssociated Groups:Lazarus Group, APT28
Ransomware Campaigns:LockBit 3.0, BlackCat
IoCs (Indicators):14 IPs, 3 Hashes
Remediation & Mitigation
SOLUTIONOfficial patches and mitigation steps are available for this vulnerability.
# Update Command
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y specific-package
# Verify installation
dpkg -l | grep package-name
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y specific-package
# Verify installation
dpkg -l | grep package-name
Affected Products
4 Total
minimatch_project/minimatchAll Versions
debian/debian_linux10.0
fedoraproject/fedora36
fedoraproject/fedora37
References
https://github.com/grafana/grafana-image-renderer/issues/329GitHub
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch/commit/a8763f4388e51956be62dc6025cec1126beeb5e6GitHub
PatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00011.htmlDebian
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MTEUUTNIEBHGKUKKLNUZSV7IEP6IP3Q3/Fedoraproject
Am I Vulnerable?
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Vulnerability Details
CVSS Base Score
7.5/ 10
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published Date
Oct 17, 2022
Last Modified
May 13, 2025
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