Impact:
When using multiple wildcards, combined with at least one parameter, a regular expression can be generated that is vulnerable to ReDoS. This backtracking vulnerability requires the second wildcard to be somewhere other than the end of the path.
Unsafe examples:
/*foo-*bar-:baz
/*a-:b-*c-:d
/x/*a-:b/*c/y
Safe examples:
/*foo-:bar
/*foo-:bar-*baz
Patches:
Upgrade to version 8.4.0.
Workarounds:
If you are using multiple wildcard parameters, you can check the regex output with a tool such as https://makenowjust-labs.github.io/recheck/playground/ to confirm whether a path is vulnerable.
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Affected Vendors & Products
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History
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| Description | Impact: When using multiple wildcards, combined with at least one parameter, a regular expression can be generated that is vulnerable to ReDoS. This backtracking vulnerability requires the second wildcard to be somewhere other than the end of the path. Unsafe examples: /*foo-*bar-:baz /*a-:b-*c-:d /x/*a-:b/*c/y Safe examples: /*foo-:bar /*foo-:bar-*baz Patches: Upgrade to version 8.4.0. Workarounds: If you are using multiple wildcard parameters, you can check the regex output with a tool such as https://makenowjust-labs.github.io/recheck/playground/ to confirm whether a path is vulnerable. | |
| Title | path-to-regexp vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service via multiple wildcards | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-1333 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: openjs
Published:
Updated: 2026-03-27T13:58:03.925Z
Reserved: 2026-03-26T18:05:44.717Z
Link: CVE-2026-4923
Updated: 2026-03-27T13:46:51.745Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-03-26T19:17:08.187
Modified: 2026-03-26T19:17:08.187
Link: CVE-2026-4923
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