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CVE-2026-4867

CVE Details​

Visit the official vulnerability details page for CVE-2026-4867 to learn more.

Initial Publication​

03/26/2026

Last Update​

06/17/2026

Third Party Dependency​

path-to-regexp

NIST CVE Summary​

Impact:

A bad regular expression is generated any time you have three or more parameters within a single segment, separated by something that is not a period (.). For example, /:a-:b-:c or /:a-:b-:c-:d. The backtrack protection added in path-to-regexp@0.1.12 only prevents ambiguity for two parameters. With three or more, the generated lookahead does not block single separator characters, so capture groups overlap and cause catastrophic backtracking.

Patches:

Upgrade to path-to-regexp@0.1.13

Custom regex patterns in route definitions (e.g., /:a-:b([^-/]+)-:c([^-/]+)) are not affected because they override the default capture group.

Workarounds:

All versions can be patched by providing a custom regular expression for parameters after the first in a single segment. As long as the custom regular expression does not match the text before the parameter, you will be safe. For example, change /:a-:b-:c to /:a-:b([^-/]+)-:c([^-/]+).

If paths cannot be rewritten and versions cannot be upgraded, another alternative is to limit the URL length.

CVE Severity​

7.5

Our Official Summary​

Investigation is ongoing to determine how this vulnerability affects our products.

Status​

Analyzed

Affected Products & Versions​

VersionPaletteAIPaletteAI VerteX
1.4.0⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted
1.3.2⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted
1.2.2⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted

Revision History​

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