Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-8262

A vulnerability was found in yarnpkg Yarn up to 1.22.22.

Published Jul 28, 2025 · catalog updated Jul 28, 2025 · A vulnerability was found

Last checked Oct 29, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

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No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-8262. EPSS is 0.84%. Act only if a listed version of A vulnerability was found is installed.

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  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium5.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.84%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor yarnpkg yarn 1.22.20

A vulnerability was found in yarnpkg Yarn up to 1.22.22. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function explodeHostedGitFragment of the file src/resolvers/exotics/hosted-git-resolver.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The patch is identified as 97731871e674bf93bcbf29e9d3258da8685f3076. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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  • vendor yarnpkg yarn 1.22.201.22.20

How to fix CVE-2025-8262

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-8262. EPSS is 0.84%. Act only if a listed version of A vulnerability was found is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with yarnpkg yarn 1.22.20 1.22.20. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.84%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jul 28, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    A vulnerability was found in yarnpkg Yarn up to 1.22.22. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function explodeHostedGitFragment of the file src/resolvers/exotics/hosted-git-resolver.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The patch is identified as 97731871e674bf93bcbf29e9d3258da8685f3076. It is recomm

  2. Jul 28, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    A vulnerability was found in yarnpkg Yarn up to 1.22.22. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function explodeHostedGitFragment of the file src/resolvers/exotics/hosted-git-resolver.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The patch is identified as 97731871e674bf93bcbf29e9d3258da8685f3076. It is recomm

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-8262

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-8262

    30-day exploitation probability 0.84%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-22855

    A vulnerability was found in yarnpkg Yarn up to 1.22.22. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function explodeHostedGitFragment of the file src/resolvers/exotics/hosted-git-resolver.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. It is p

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 29, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 29, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
  • EUVDOct 21, 2026