CVE-2025-68475
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CVE-2025-68475 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. Fedify is a TypeScript library for building federated server apps powered by ActivityPub. Prior to versions 1.6.13, 1.7.14, 1.8.15, and 1.9.2, a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability exists in Fedify's document loader. EPSS estimates a 0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Fedify is a TypeScript library for building federated server apps powered by ActivityPub. Prior to versions 1.6.13, 1.7.14, 1.8.15, and 1.9.2, a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability exists in Fedify's document loader. The HTML parsing regex at packages/fedify/src/runtime/docloader.ts:259 contains nested quantifiers that cause catastrophic backtracking when processing maliciously crafted HTML responses. This issue has been patched in versions 1.6.13, 1.7.14, 1.8.15, and 1.9.2.
Metrics
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Fedify | Fedify | < 1.6.13 |
| Fedify | Fedify | >= 1.7.0, < 1.7.14 |
| Fedify | Fedify | >= 1.8.1, < 1.8.15 |
| Fedify | Fedify | >= 1.9.0, < 1.9.2 |
References
- https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/releases/tag/1.6.13Product, Release Notes
- https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/releases/tag/1.7.14Product, Release Notes
- https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/releases/tag/1.8.15Product, Release Notes
- https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/releases/tag/1.9.2Product, Release Notes
- https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/security/advisories/GHSA-rchf-xwx2-hm93Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
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