micromatch braces up to 3.0.2 lib/parse.js excessive platform resource consumption within a loop

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in micromatch braces up to 3.0.2. This impacts an unknown function in the library lib/parse.js. Such manipulation leads to excessive platform resource consumption within a loop. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-4068. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in micromatch braces up to 3.0.2. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block in the library lib/parse.js. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a excessive platform resource consumption within a loop vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-1050. The product has a loop body or loop condition that contains a control element that directly or indirectly consumes platform resources, e.g. messaging, sessions, locks, or file descriptors. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

The NPM package `braces`, versions prior to 3.0.3, fails to limit the number of characters it can handle, which could lead to Memory Exhaustion. In `lib/parse.js,` if a malicious user sends "imbalanced braces" as input, the parsing will enter a loop, which will cause the program to start allocating heap memory without freeing it at any moment of the loop. Eventually, the JavaScript heap limit is reached, and the program will crash.

The weakness was shared by Mário Teixeira. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-4068 since 04/23/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209012 (RHEL 9 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.19 Security update (Important) (RHSA-2024:8077)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (209012). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Excessive platform resource consumption within a loop
CWE: CWE-1050 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 209012
Nessus Name: RHEL 9 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.19 Security update (Important) (RHSA-2024:8077)

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04/23/2024 🔍
05/13/2024 +20 days 🔍
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12/31/2025 +597 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: github.com
Researcher: Mário Teixeira
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-4068 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-4068
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-263954

Entryinfo

Created: 05/13/2024 14:06
Updated: 12/31/2025 04:17
Changes: 05/13/2024 14:06 (61), 10/15/2024 07:55 (3), 08/04/2025 16:53 (1), 12/31/2025 04:17 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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