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CVE-2024-4068

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-4068 describes a memory exhaustion vulnerability in the NPM package braces, affecting versions prior to 3.0.3. Maliciously crafted "imbalanced braces" input can cause a parsing loop, leading to uncontrolled heap memory allocation and eventual program crashes. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and 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
< 3.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jonschlinkert:braces:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0147 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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 (120)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17334-16823Fixed in: 3.1.1-9
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 reaper 3.1.1-9 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 3.1.1-9
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19806-17086Fixed in: 3.1.1-9
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 reaper 3.1.1-8 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 3.1.1-9
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 3.1.1-9
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 3.1.1-9
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: bracesFixed in: 3.0.3
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Developer Hub 1.3 on RHEL 9Fixed in: rhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9:1.3-100
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-hal-console-0:3.3.24-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-hibernate-validator-0:6.0.23-2.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-insights-java-client-0:1.1.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-ironjacamar-0:1.5.18-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-jboss-cert-helper-0:1.1.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-jboss-ejb-client-0:4.0.55-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-jboss-server-migration-0:1.10.0-39.Final_redhat_00039.1.el8eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-jbossws-cxf-0:5.4.12-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-jsoup-0:1.15.4-1.redhat_00003.1.el8eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-undertow-jastow-0:2.0.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-0:7.4.19-1.GA_redhat_00002.1.el8eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-xalan-j2-0:2.7.1-37.redhat_00015.1.el8eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9Fixed in: eap7-hal-console-0:3.3.24-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9Fixed in: eap7-hibernate-validator-0:6.0.23-2.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9Fixed in: eap7-insights-java-client-0:1.1.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9Fixed in: eap7-ironjacamar-0:1.5.18-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9Fixed in: eap7-jboss-ejb-client-0:4.0.55-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9Fixed in: eap7-jboss-server-migration-0:1.10.0-39.Final_redhat_00039.1.el9eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9Fixed in: eap7-jbossws-cxf-0:5.4.12-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9Fixed in: eap7-jsoup-0:1.15.4-1.redhat_00003.1.el9eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9Fixed in: eap7-undertow-jastow-0:2.0.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-0:7.4.19-1.GA_redhat_00002.1.el9eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9Fixed in: eap7-xalan-j2-0:2.7.1-37.redhat_00015.1.el9eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-hal-console-0:3.3.24-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-hibernate-validator-0:6.0.23-2.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-insights-java-client-0:1.1.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-ironjacamar-0:1.5.18-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jboss-cert-helper-0:1.1.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jboss-ejb-client-0:4.0.55-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jboss-server-migration-0:1.10.0-39.Final_redhat_00039.1.el7eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jbossws-cxf-0:5.4.12-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jsoup-0:1.15.4-1.redhat_00003.1.el7eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-undertow-jastow-0:2.0.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-0:7.4.19-1.GA_redhat_00002.1.el7eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-xalan-j2-0:2.7.1-37.redhat_00015.1.el7eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Containers 1.8Fixed in: rhmtc/openshift-migration-ui-rhel8:v1.8.4-10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/grafana-rhel8:2.6.1-6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/istio-cni-rhel8:2.6.1-7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/istio-must-gather-rhel8:2.6.1-4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/istio-rhel8-operator:2.6.1-9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/kiali-ossmc-rhel8:1.89.0-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel8:1.89.1-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel8-operator:1.89.1-1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/pilot-rhel8:2.6.1-7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/ratelimit-rhel8:2.6.1-6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 9Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/proxyv2-rhel9:2.6.1-4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9Fixed in: eap7-jboss-cert-helper-0:1.1.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: HawtIO 4.0.0 for Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.4 for RHEL 8Fixed in: multicluster-engine/console-mce-rhel8:v2.4.5-25
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.4 for RHEL 8Fixed in: multicluster-engine/multicluster-engine-console-mce-rhel8:v2.4.5-25
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.5 for RHEL 9Fixed in: multicluster-engine/console-mce-rhel9:v2.5.5-1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.5 for RHEL 9Fixed in: multicluster-engine/multicluster-engine-console-mce-rhel9:v2.5.5-1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.10 for RHEL 9Fixed in: rhacm2/console-rhel9:v2.10.4-13
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.9 for RHEL 8Fixed in: rhacm2/console-rhel8:v2.9.4-22
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redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Dev SpacesFixed in: devspaces/code-rhel8
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift PipelinesFixed in: openshift-pipelines/pipelines-hub-ui-rhel8
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShiftFixed in: openshift-logging/logging-view-plugin-rhel9
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: openshift3/ose-console
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8Fixed in: braces
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Quay 3Fixed in: quay/quay-rhel8
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Service Mesh 2Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel8
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOpsFixed in: openshift-gitops-1/gitops-operator-bundle
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3Fixed in: advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-main-rhel8
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4Fixed in: advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-main-rhel8
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShiftFixed in: openshift-logging/kibana6-rhel8
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift PipelinesFixed in: openshift-pipelines/pipelines-console-plugin-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Build of KeycloakFixed in: braces
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Migration Toolkit for VirtualizationFixed in: migration-toolkit-virtualization/mtv-console-plugin-rhel9
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Fixed in: ansible-automation-platform-25/lightspeed-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Fixed in: automation-controller
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 2Fixed in: braces
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Fixed in: nodejs-nodemon
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4Fixed in: ocs4/mcg-core-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Data Science (RHODS)Fixed in: rhods/odh-dashboard-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Data Science (RHODS)Fixed in: rhods/odh-operator-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Data Science (RHODS)Fixed in: rhods/odh-rhel8-operator
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOpsFixed in: openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOpsFixed in: openshift-gitops-1/console-plugin-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6Fixed in: nodejs-webpack
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Cryostat 2Fixed in: braces
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Migration Toolkit for RuntimesFixed in: braces
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Data Grid 8Fixed in: braces
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion PackFixed in: braces
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat build of OptaPlanner 8Fixed in: braces
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/nmstate-console-plugin-rhel8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-console
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-monitoring-plugin-rhel8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-networking-console-plugin-rhel9
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift ServerlessFixed in: braces
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Migration Toolkit for Applications 7Fixed in: mta/mta-ui-rhel9
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6Fixed in: satellite:el8/rubygem-rabl
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7Fixed in: braces
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Product: Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4Fixed in: braces
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 2Fixed in: rhosdt/jaeger-agent-rhel8
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3Fixed in: rhosdt/jaeger-agent-rhel8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-nodejs14-nodejs-nodemon
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOpsFixed in: openshift-gitops-1/argo-rollouts-rhel8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Node HealthCheck OperatorFixed in: workload-availability/node-remediation-console-rhel8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2Fixed in: 3scale-amp-system-container
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/kubevirt-console-plugin
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/kubevirt-console-plugin-rhel9
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Discovery 1Fixed in: discovery-server-container
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Product: Red Hat Process Automation 7Fixed in: braces
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: nodejs:18/nodejs-nodemon
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: nodejs:20/nodejs-nodemon
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: pcs
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: nodejs:20/nodejs-nodemon
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: nodejs:22/nodejs-nodemon
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: pcs
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Product: Red Hat Fuse 7Fixed in: braces
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Product: Red Hat Integration Camel K 1Fixed in: braces

Vendor Advisories (4)

microsoft2024-Jun/CVE-2024-4068

CVE-2024-4068

Jun 11, 2024
npmGHSA-grv7-fg5c-xmjghigh

Uncontrolled resource consumption in braces

May 14, 2024
microsoft2024-May/CVE-2024-4068Important

Memory Exhaustion in braces

May 14, 2024
redhatCVE-2024-4068Moderate

braces: fails to limit the number of characters it can handle

Mar 4, 2024

References

devhub.checkmarx.com / cve-details/CVE-2024-4068
Third Party Advisory
github.com / micromatch/braces/commit/415d660c3002d1ab7e63dbf490c9851da80596ff
Patch
github.com / micromatch/braces/issues/35
Issue Tracking
github.com / micromatch/braces/pull/37
ExploitIssue TrackingPatch
github.com / micromatch/braces/pull/40
Issue TrackingPatch