CVE-2022-37259

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Published Sep 20, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

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

Affected Products

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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-2022-6935	A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) flaw was found in stealjs steal 2.2.4 via the string variable in babel.js.
Github GHSA	GHSA-rgqx-226f-2xp4	steal Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity vulnerability via string variable

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 1.3% (1.344% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/stealjs/steal/blob/c9dd1eb19ed3f97aeb93cf9dcea5d68ad5d0ced9/ext/babel.js#L54124
https://github.com/stealjs/steal/blob/c9dd1eb19ed3f97aeb93cf9dcea5d68ad5d0ced9/ext/babel.js#L54129
https://github.com/stealjs/steal/issues/1528

History

May 28, 2025 7:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Stealjs Steal

Weaknesses

CWE-1333

Sources

CVE record Updated: May 28, 2025, 6:45 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 20, 2022, 5:31 PM
Updated: May 28, 2025, 6:45 PM
Reserved: Aug 1, 2022, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 10:29 AM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 10:29 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:54 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 20, 2022, 6:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:54 AM

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