GHSA-6hxr-mr5r-9836

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

Medium highest severity reported · also known as CVE-2026-68499

1
catalog tools match this advisory
0
ship the vulnerable code in their release binary (Go tools analyzed with govulncheck)
No
in the CISA KEV catalog
0.2%
EPSS for CVE-2026-68499, percentile 8

Catalog tools matching GHSA-6hxr-mr5r-9836

ToolVersion scannedPackageFixed inReleased binaryDeclared in or found inDispute
slsa-verifier
Supply Chain Compliance
v2.7.1re2@1.20.11
npm
1.25.2not analyzedpackage-lock.jsonDispute

Vulnerabilities are known advisories that Grype matches against the dependencies declared in each project's release source (manifests and lockfiles, including development and build dependencies). A match does not mean the tool is exploitable: the vulnerable code may be unused, test-only, or not shipped in the released binary. KEV: listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS: FIRST's estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Both describe the vulnerability in general, not its exploitability through this tool; a match in a workflow file refers to a GitHub Action, not to shipped code. Released binary is only analyzed for Go tools with a Linux release binary; other tools show not analyzed.

Advisory sources

GitHub advisory GHSA-6hxr-mr5r-9836 · NVD CVE-2026-68499 · OSV GHSA-6hxr-mr5r-9836

Grype data sources: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6hxr-mr5r-9836