Impact:

A bad regular expression is generated any time you have multiple sequential optional groups (curly brace syntax), such as `{a}{b}{c}:z`. The generated regex grows exponentially with the number of groups, causing denial of service.

Patches:

Fixed in version 8.4.0.

Workarounds:

Limit the number of sequential optional groups in route patterns. Avoid passing user-controlled input as route patterns.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-j3q9-mxjg-w52f path-to-regexp vulnerable to Denial of Service via sequential optional groups
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Workaround

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History

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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threat_severity

Important


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

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First Time appeared Path-to-regexp
Path-to-regexp path-to-regexp
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Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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Description Impact: A bad regular expression is generated any time you have multiple sequential optional groups (curly brace syntax), such as `{a}{b}{c}:z`. The generated regex grows exponentially with the number of groups, causing denial of service. Patches: Fixed in version 8.4.0. Workarounds: Limit the number of sequential optional groups in route patterns. Avoid passing user-controlled input as route patterns.
Title path-to-regexp vulnerable to Denial of Service via sequential optional groups
Weaknesses CWE-1333
CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: openjs

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-27T19:44:53.294Z

Reserved: 2026-03-26T18:36:49.229Z

Link: CVE-2026-4926

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-27T19:44:50.233Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-26T19:17:08.387

Modified: 2026-03-30T13:26:50.827

Link: CVE-2026-4926

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-03-26T18:59:38Z

Links: CVE-2026-4926 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-27T09:25:40Z

Weaknesses