How severe is CVE-2024-45296?

CVE-2024-45296 has a CVSS score of 7.5/10, rated HIGH. Immediate patching is strongly recommended.

Which packages are affected by CVE-2024-45296?

CVE-2024-45296 affects the following packages: path-to-regexp (npm). Ecosystems affected: npm.

How do I fix CVE-2024-45296?

Update path-to-regexp to 0.1.13 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2024-45296 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

How do I detect CVE-2024-45296 in my npm dependencies?

Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for path-to-regexp, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

How do I mitigate CVE-2024-45296 if there is no patch (or I can't update yet)?

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.

Is CVE-2024-45296 actively exploited in the wild?

No public exploit code has been indexed for CVE-2024-45296 yet. This does not mean the vulnerability cannot be exploited — absence of public exploits does not imply safety. Apply the recommended fix and use O3 Security to monitor your exposure.

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-45296?

CVE-2024-45296 has an EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) score of 0.9%, placing it in the 61th percentile of all CVEs. EPSS is maintained by FIRST.org and estimates the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. This score indicates relatively lower exploitation probability, though the CVSS severity should still guide your patching priority.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2024-45296?

CVE-2024-45296 is classified as CWE-1333 (CWE-1333). This weakness type describe the underlying flaw category, which helps determine the potential impact and the right class of mitigation.

When was CVE-2024-45296 published, and has it been updated?

CVE-2024-45296 was published on September 9, 2024 and was last updated on October 28, 2026. Advisory data evolves as severity scores, affected ranges, and exploit intelligence are revised — always check the latest version of the advisory before acting.

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📦 npm

Not in CISA KEV

HIGH severity

CVE-2024-45296 — path-to-regexp

HIGHFix: pillarjs/path-to-regexp@29b96b4

CVE-2024-45296 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) CWE-1333 vulnerability in path-to-regexp. A fix is available for path-to-regexp — see the affected versions and patch details below.

path-to-regexp outputs backtracking regular expressions

Also known asCVE-2026-4867 GHSA-37ch-88jc-xwx2 GHSA-9wv6-86v2-598j

Published

Sep 9, 2024

Updated

Oct 28, 2026

Affected

1 pkg

Patched

1 / 1

Exploits

None indexed

Exploitation data as of Nov 3, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

No confirmed exploitation observed yet

CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2024-45296.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗

0.9%probability of exploitation in next 30 days

Lower Risk0.00%

Lower risk than most CVEs61th percentile — riskier than 61% of all scored CVEsHighest risk

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected

How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.

7Kother npm packages depend on this — each one inherits the vulnerability until it's patched upstream

path-to-regexpnpm

310.6Mdownloads / week

Description

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 [email protected] 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 [email protected]

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.

References

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	Fix
📦npm	`path-to-regexp`	all versions	0.1.13`npm install path-to-regexp@0.1.13`

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

Detect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for path-to-regexp, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update path-to-regexp to 0.1.13 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2024-45296 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
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.

Fixing This On Your OS

If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.

Red HatModerate

Workaround published by Red Hat

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

Source: Red Hat security advisory for CVE-2024-45296 (CC BY 4.0)

Product	Fixed in	Advisory
Discovery 1 for RHEL 9	`discovery/discovery-server-rhel9:1.12.0-1`	RHSA-2025:1249
HawtIO 4.0.0 for Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4	`path-to-regexp`	RHSA-2024:11023
multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.6 for RHEL 8	`multicluster-engine/assisted-image-service-rhel8:v2.6.4-4`	RHSA-2024:11293
multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.7 for RHEL 8	`multicluster-engine/assisted-service-8-rhel8:v2.7.2-1`	RHSA-2024:10857
NETWORK-OBSERVABILITY-1.7.0-RHEL-9	`network-observability/network-observability-cli-rhel9:v1.7.0-67`	RHSA-2024:8014
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 for RHEL 9	`rhacm2/acm-cluster-permission-rhel9:v2.11.4-4`	RHSA-2024:11381
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.12 for RHEL 9	`rhacm2/acm-cli-rhel9:v2.12.1-4`	RHSA-2024:10865
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8	`automation-controller-0:4.5.13-1.el8ap`	RHSA-2024:10762

Frequently Asked Questions

### 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 `[email protected]` 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 [[email protected]](https://github.com/pillarjs/path-to-regexp/releases/tag/v.0.1.13) Custom regex patte