# CVE-2025-5897: vuejs vue-cli Markdown Code HtmlPwaPlugin.js HtmlPwaPlugin redos

> Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Vue CLI PWA plugin via inefficient regular expressions in HtmlPwaPlugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 10 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-79vf-hf9f-j9q8

## What is CVE-2025-5897?

CVE-2025-5897 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in vuejs vue-cli, published on 9 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in vuejs vue-cli up to 5.0.8. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function HtmlPwaPlugin of the file packages/@vue/cli-plugin-pwa/lib/HtmlPwaPlugin.js of the component Markdown Code Handler. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be initiated remotely.

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption), CWE-1333 (Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5897?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including @vue/cli-plugin-pwa. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `@vue/cli-plugin-pwa` | npm | All versions to 5.0.8 | None |
| `@vue/cli-plugin-pwa` | npm | All versions to 5.0.8 | None |

Products: Vuejs Vue Cli.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-5897?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5897 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-5897 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-5897 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-5897 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-5897 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in vuejs vue-cli, published on 9 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-5897 exists.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- @vue/cli-plugin-pwa (npm): affected all versions up to 5.0.8; no fix listed
- @vue/cli-plugin-pwa (npm): affected all versions up to 5.0.8; no fix listed

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5897/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5897/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5897
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5897
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-5897

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5897/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.