CVE-2026-68499 PUBLISHED

re2: Global `String.prototype.match` with an empty-matchable pattern never advances → infinite loop with unbounded native memory growth (DoS)

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 30.07.2026 Published: 30.07.2026 Updated: 30.07.2026

re2 provides Node.js bindings for Google's RE2 regular expression engine. Prior to 1.25.2, re2's String.prototype.match implementation with a global RE2 pattern that can match the empty string fails to advance its native matching cursor in lib/match.cc, causing an infinite loop and unbounded native memory growth that blocks the event loop and can exhaust host memory. This issue is fixed in 1.25.2.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 6.2

Product Status

Vendor uhop
Product node-re2
Versions
  • Version < 1.25.2 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') CWE