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CVE-2022-3517

Q: Is CVE-2022-3517 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-3517 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 2.3% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Q: What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-3517?

CVE-2022-3517 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2022-10-17
WeaknessCWE-1333 · CWE-400

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

Description

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.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2022-10-1720:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

Block these indicators

Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-3517?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-3517?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD · OSV

Fedoraproject fedora

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
36.x	= 36	no fix published	NVD
37.x	= 37	no fix published	NVD

Debian debian linux

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
10.0	= 10.0	no fix published	NVD

Minimatch project minimatch

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
3.0	< 3.0.5	3.0.5	NVD · OSV

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

nodejsAlmaLinux:9all versions · fixed in 1:16.18.1-3.el9_1and 3 other packages
nodejsAlmaLinux:9all versions · fixed in 1:18.12.1-1.module_el9.1.0+16+91bc168fand 3 other packages
nodejsAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 1:14.21.1-2.module_el8.7.0+3373+a4c18c43and 3 other packages
nodejsAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 1:14.21.3-1.module_el8.7.0+3551+53700ee8and 3 other packages
nodejsAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 1:16.18.1-3.module_el8.7.0+3371+ed8c43dband 3 other packages
nodejsAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 1:18.12.1-2.module_el8.7.0+3370+40ccb2a8and 3 other packages
nodejs-nodemonAlmaLinux:9all versions · fixed in 2.0.20-1.module_el9.1.0+16+91bc168f
nodejs-nodemonAlmaLinux:9all versions · fixed in 2.0.20-2.el9_1

14 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

RHSA-2023:3742 Red Hat Product Security4 products fixed
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.13.0 security and bug fix update
RHSA-2022:9047 Red Hat Product Security17 products fixed
Red Hat Security Advisory: Migration Toolkit for Containers (MTC) 1.7.6 security and bug fix update

Full record on NVD

Fix

Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2023:3742 · 4 productsThese updated images include numerous enhancements and bug fixes. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed to the Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation Release Notes for information on the most significant of these changes: https://access.redhat.com/documen…
Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2022:9047 · 17 productsFor details on how to install and use MTC, refer to: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/latest/migration_toolkit_for_containers/installing-mtc.html

Advisories and patches

github.comPatch
github.comPatch

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2025-05-13
OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
CISA-ADPCVSS 3.17.52025-05-13
NVDCVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-23
CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-400read 2026-10-23
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-1333read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score2.3 %2026-10-22
OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published: 2022-10-17
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3517?

Is CVE-2022-3517 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-3517 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 2.3% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-3517?

CVE-2022-3517 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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