Vulnerability · Published Jun 9, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2025-5890actions toolkit glob internal-pattern.ts globEscape redos
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity regular-expression denial of service in toolkit from actions. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 61.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in actions toolkit 0.5.0. This affects the function globEscape of the file toolkit/packages/glob/src/internal-pattern.ts of the component glob. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-1333, CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:T/RC:R
References
- VDB-311661 | actions toolkit glob internal-pattern.ts globEscape redos vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-311661 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #585727 | @actions @actions/glob 0.5.0 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/2057 issue-tracking