vuejs vue-cli Markdown Code HtmlPwaPlugin.js HtmlPwaPlugin redos

published 2025-06-09 17 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-79vf-hf9f-j9q8 , EUVD-2025-17579

cvss: 4.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 51%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability was found in vuejs vue-cli up to 5.0.8. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function HtmlPwaPlugin of the file packages/@vue/cli-plugin-pwa/lib/HtmlPwaPlugin.js of the component Markdown Code Handler. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be initiated remotely.

Patch / fix

links 1

github.com/vuejs/vue-cli#7478 pull request

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 16 mo ago (2025-06-10)

Exploit prediction

0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/vuejs/vue-cli/pull/7478 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	5.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
CNA	3.1	4.3	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
CNA	3.0	4.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:T/RC:R
CNA	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:ND/RL:TF/RC:UR
CNA	4.0	5.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CNA	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
GitHub	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
npm	@vue/cli-plugin-pwa	<=5.0.8	no fix listed

Affected products

vuejs vue-cli

Classification

Weakness

CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

github.com /vuejs/vue-cli/pull/7478
issue-tracking, exploit, web, patch
vuldb.com /?id.311669
vdb-entry, technical-description, web, third-party-advisory
vuldb.com /?ctiid.311669
signature, permissions-required, web, vdb-entry
vuldb.com /?submit.585798
third-party-advisory, web, vdb-entry
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5897
advisory
github.com /vuejs/vue-cli
package

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-5897
GitHub Advisory GHSA-79vf-hf9f-j9q8
NVD CVE-2025-5897

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Summary