CVE-2025-7579 chinese-poetry server.js redos
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in chinese-poetry via inefficient regular expressions in the rank server component.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-7579?
CVE-2025-7579 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in chinese-poetry, published on 14 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability was found in chinese-poetry 0.1. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file rank/server.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-7579?
How do I fix CVE-2025-7579?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-7579 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-7579 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-7579 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wv97-3q88-x27x.