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[GHSA] GHSA-6hxr-mr5r-9836 (medium) — re2: Global `String.prototype.match` with an empty-matchable pattern never advances → infinite loop with unbounded native memory growth (DoS)

highgithub_advisoriesPublished 2026-07-31

GHSA-6hxr-mr5r-9836 Severity: medium CVE: CVE-2026-68499

re2: Global `String.prototype.match` with an empty-matchable pattern never advances → infinite loop with unbounded native memory growth (DoS)

## Summary

`String.prototype.match` with a **global** `RE2` collects all matches in a native loop that advances the cursor by the match length. A **zero-width (empty) match** has length 0, so the cu

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Original source: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6hxr-mr5r-9836