AdonisJS HTTP Server is a package for handling HTTP requests in the AdonisJS framework. Prior to 8.2.2 and 9.1.1, the regular expression returned by router.matchers.slug() contains adjacent greedy repetitions with overlapping character classes. When an application applies this matcher to an attacker-controlled route parameter, a long slug ending in a character rejected by the final assertion causes quadratic backtracking and excessive CPU use. Route matching occurs before route and group middleware, so authentication or rate-limiting middleware attached to the route may not prevent an unauthenticated request from blocking the Node.js event loop and stopping the worker from serving unrelated requests or health checks. This issue is fixed in versions 8.2.2 and 9.1.1.
https://github.com/adonisjs/http-server/security/advisories/GHSA-524c-h47v-m3h8
https://github.com/adonisjs/http-server/releases/tag/v9.1.1
https://github.com/adonisjs/http-server/releases/tag/v8.2.2
https://github.com/adonisjs/http-server/commit/d8c749aa9f66d5d214bad1cad727264aef4be727
https://github.com/adonisjs/http-server/commit/86af38ca861528f673dcac6a4806197de038d1f7
Published: 2026-10-15
Updated: 2026-10-15
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: High
Base Score: 8.7
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: High