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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-27v5-c462-wpq7 path-to-regexp vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service via multiple wildcards
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Path-to-regexp
Path-to-regexp path-to-regexp
Vendors & Products Path-to-regexp
Path-to-regexp path-to-regexp

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Projects

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: openjs

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-27T13:58:03.925Z

Reserved: 2026-03-26T18:05:44.717Z

Link: CVE-2026-4923

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-27T13:46:51.745Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-26T19:17:08.187

Modified: 2026-03-26T19:17:08.187

Link: CVE-2026-4923

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-27T09:25:37Z

Weaknesses