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CVE-2022-25881

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-25881 is a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability affecting http-cache-semantics versions prior to 4.1.1. Malicious request header values can trigger the issue when a server uses this library to parse cache policies. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it has a low attack complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:http-cache-semantics_project:http-cache-semantics:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0161 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (39)

bitdefenderpatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: ['8.2.12', '9.0.6', '9.1.1']
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mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.webjars.npm:http-cache-semanticsFixed in: 4.1.1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 nodejs 16.20.1-2 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 16.20.1-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 16.20.1-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 16.20.1-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17867-16823Fixed in: 16.20.1-2
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: http-cache-semanticsFixed in: 4.1.1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: nodejs:18-8070020230322080930.bd1311ed
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: nodejs:14-8070020230306170042.bd1311ed
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: nodejs:14-8040020230306170312.522a0ee4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: nodejs:14-8060020230306170237.ad008a3a
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: nodejs:18-9020020230327152102.rhel9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: nodejs-1:16.19.1-1.el9_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update SupportFixed in: nodejs-1:16.20.2-1.el9_0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Containers 1.7Fixed in: rhmtc/openshift-migration-ui-rhel8:v1.7.8-5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-nodejs14-0:3.6-2.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-nodejs14-nodejs-0:14.21.3-2.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHINT Service Registry 2.4.3 GAFixed in: http-cache-semantics
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: nodejs:16-8070020230314140722.bd1311ed
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.7 for RHEL 8Fixed in: rhacm2/console-rhel8:v2.7.3-16
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.7 for RHEL 8Fixed in: rhacm2/acm-search-v2-api-rhel8:v2.7.3-5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.2 for RHEL 8Fixed in: multicluster-engine/multicluster-engine-console-mce-rhel8:v2.2.3-13
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.2 for RHEL 8Fixed in: multicluster-engine/console-mce-rhel8:v2.2.3-13
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 2Fixed in: rhosdt/jaeger-query-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Migration Toolkit for VirtualizationFixed in: migration-toolkit-virtualization/mtv-ui-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Service Mesh 2Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Service Mesh 2.1Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Discovery 1Fixed in: discovery-server-container
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4Fixed in: noobaa-core-container
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4Fixed in: odf4/mcg-core-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Dev SpacesFixed in: devspaces/code-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Dev SpacesFixed in: devspaces/dashboard-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 2Fixed in: rhosdt/jaeger-all-in-one-rhel8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3Fixed in: advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-main-rhel8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3Fixed in: advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-roxctl-rhel8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: dotnet6.0
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: dotnet6.0
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3Fixed in: advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-docs-rhel8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3Fixed in: advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-rhel8-operator

Vendor Advisories (5)

bitdefenderllm-bitdefender-2250a01bd7a7224eHIGH

August 2023 Third Party Package Updates in Splunk Enterprise

Aug 30, 2023
microsoft2023-Aug/CVE-2022-25881

CVE-2022-25881

Aug 8, 2023
npmGHSA-rc47-6667-2j5jhigh

http-cache-semantics vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service

Jan 31, 2023
redhatCVE-2022-25881Moderate

http-cache-semantics: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability

Jan 31, 2023
microsoft2023-Jan/CVE-2022-25881Important

This affects versions of the package http-cache-semantics before 4.1.1. The issue can be exploited via malicious request header values sent to a server when that server reads the cache policy from the request using this library.

Jan 10, 2023

References

github.com / kornelski/http-cache-semantics/blob/master/index.js%23L83
Broken Link
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20230622-0008
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-3253332
ExploitThird Party Advisory
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-HTTPCACHESEMANTICS-3248783
ExploitThird Party Advisory