CVE-2025-25288

Summary

@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest is the Octokit plugin to paginate REST API endpoint responses. For versions starting in 1.0.0 and prior to 11.4.1 of the npm package @octokit/plugin-paginate-rest, when calling octokit.paginate.iterator(), a specially crafted octokit instance—particularly with a malicious link parameter in the headers section of the request—can trigger a ReDoS attack. Version 11.4.1 contains a fix for the issue.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
octokitplugin-paginate-rest.js>= 1.0.0, < 11.4.1affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-1333: CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: poc
    • Automatable: yes
    • Technical Impact: partial

References