CVE-2022-37259
HIGHCVE-2022-37259 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) CWE-1333 vulnerability in steal. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2022-37259 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
steal Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity vulnerability via string variable
Blast Radius
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Description
A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) flaw was found in stealjs steal 2.2.4 via the string variable in babel.js.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | steal | all versions | No fix |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for steal. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Remediation status
No patched version of steal has shipped for CVE-2022-37259 yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.
Mitigate without a patch
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2022-37259 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to CVE-2022-37259. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2022-37259 in your dependencies?
O3 detects CVE-2022-37259 across npm dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.