GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-x5gf-qvw8-r2rm pm2 Regular Expression Denial of Service vulnerability
LOW
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- Aliases
- CVE-2025-5891
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- pm2
- Severity
- Low
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1333, CWE-400
- Reviewed
- 2025-06-10
Affected packages
• npm pm2: < 7.0.0 → fixed in 7.0.0
Description
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Unitech pm2 prior to 7.0.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /lib/tools/Config.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2025-5891 A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Unitech pm2 up to 6.0.6. vulnerability
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5891 advisory
- https://github.com/Unitech/pm2/issues/6075 web
- https://github.com/Unitech/pm2/pull/5971 web
- https://github.com/Unitech/pm2/commit/8b9354800a1d157cb9503a3ec414ef1e4700dc1c web
- https://gist.github.com/mmmsssttt404/407e2ffe3e0eaa393ad923a86316a385 web
- https://github.com/Unitech/pm2 package
- https://github.com/Unitech/pm2/blob/ba62cae9b9b7116ee758b70f538919a52515fa26/CHANGELOG.md?plain=1#L36 web
- https://github.com/Unitech/pm2/releases/tag/v7.0.0 web
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.311662 web
- https://vuldb.com/?id.311662 web
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.585750 web