PatchTheCVECVE-2026-67550: re2 provides Node.js bindings for Google's RE2 regular expression engine
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Routine
MEDIUM 5.7
CVE-2026-67550 is a medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.7) affecting affected software. Below: why it ranks where it does, which versions are affected, what to do, and the exact commands.
re2 provides Node.js bindings for Google's RE2 regular expression engine. Prior to 1.25.2, re2 validates lastIndex against the UTF-8 byte length of a subject but uses it as a UTF-16 code-unit offset in exec, test, match, replace, and split, allowing an attacker-influenced lastIndex on a non-ASCII subject to trigger an out-of-bounds heap read and an uncatchable process crash, with limited heap information disclosure in some cases. This issue is fi
Why this priority
- No elevated risk signals yet
No fix is published yet: follow the downgrade or mitigation steps.
Risk facts
| CVSS score | 5.7 (Medium) |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | High |
| Privileges needed | None |
| User interaction | None |
| EPSS exploit chance | 0.2% (top 95%) |
| CISA exploited list | No |
| Weakness | CWE-125 |
| Published | 2026-07-30 |
| Last modified | 2026-10-23 |
Publisher (CNA): GitHub, Inc.
Timeline
- Published CVE record published
- Updated Record last modified
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