SecuriTricks - CVE-2025-25289

Description

@octokit/request-error is an error class for Octokit request errors. Starting in version 1.0.0 and prior to version 6.1.7, a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability exists in the processing of HTTP request headers. By sending an authorization header containing an excessively long sequence of spaces followed by a newline and "@", an attacker can exploit inefficient regular expression processing, leading to excessive resource consumption. This can significantly degrade server performance or cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition, impacting availability. Version 6.1.7 contains a fix for the issue.

Product(s) Impacted

Product	Versions
@octokit/request-error	1.0.0 - 6.1.6

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-1333

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

The product uses a regular expression with an inefficient, possibly exponential worst-case computational complexity that consumes excessive CPU cycles.

References

https://github.com/octokit/request-error.js/blob/main/src/index.ts

https://github.com/octokit/request-error.js/commit/d558320874a4bc8d356babf1079e6f0056a59b9e

https://github.com/octokit/request-error.js/security/advisories/GHSA-xx4v-prfh-6cgc

CVSS Score

5.3 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Attack Complexity: LOW
Privileges Required: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Timeline

Published: Feb. 14, 2025, 8:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Feb. 14, 2025, 8:15 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security-advisories@github.com

CVE-2025-25289