CVE-2026-92599: Joi before 17.13.7 and 18.2.6 ReDoS via isoDate
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 34/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.58% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
- Fixed version: hapijs joi 17.13.7, 18.2.6.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to hapijs joi 17.13.7, 18.2.6 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
joi (npm package `joi`, hapi.js) versions >=17.2.0 <17.13.7 and >=18.0.0 <18.2.6 are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service in the `Joi.string().isoDate()` validation rule. One of the regular expressions the rule applies to the input is unanchored, so a valid ISO date followed by a long run of fractional-second digits causes the regex engine to restart its search from every position in the string, yielding time proportional to the square of the input length (about 1.4 s for 64 KB of digits and about 22 s for 256 KB). A remote attacker who can supply a string to an isoDate validation can stall the application with a single request. Fixed in 17.13.7 and 18.2.6; as a workaround, cap the length of the string before it reaches joi.
- Published
- Sep 16, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 22, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.5% · 47th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-1333
Report tools
Action score
34
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 34 / 40 · 8.7 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.5%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
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- CNA · VulnCheck
- 8.7
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
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
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (VulnCheck). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
hapijs joi
- 17.13.7, 18.2.6not affected
- 17.2.0 and later · before 17.13.7affected · semver
- 18.0.0 and later · before 18.2.6affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | joi | from 17.2.0 · before 17.13.7 | 17.13.7 |
| npm | joi | from 18.0.0 · before 18.2.6 | 18.2.6 |
| Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | grafana12.4 | before 0:12.4.10-0.6.hum1 | 0:12.4.10-0.6.hum1 |
| Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | grafana13.1 | before 0:13.1.6-0.2.hum1 | 0:13.1.6-0.2.hum1 |
| Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | grafana13.2 | before 0:13.2.1-0.5.hum1 | 0:13.2.1-0.5.hum1 |
Same product
hapijs: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-90771joi before 17.13.8 and 18.2.9 Prototype Pollution via messages25Monitor
- CVE-2026-48038joi: Uncaught RangeError on deeply nested input through recursive `link()` schemas21Monitor
- CVE-2026-84368joi: Prototype pollution via a `__proto__` language key in custom messages14Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-84367Sep 1, 2026 · joi: object().rename() with a template target can set the validated object's prototype14Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| hapijs joi | 17.13.7 | Vendor (CNA) |
| hapijs joi | 18.2.6 | Vendor (CNA) |
| npm:joi | 17.13.7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| npm:joi | 18.2.6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:grafana12.4 | 0:12.4.10-0.6.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:grafana13.1 | 0:13.1.6-0.2.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:grafana13.2 | 0:13.2.1-0.5.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- qrn12580reporter
- yfwmaniishfinder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-1333 · Inefficient Regular Expression ComplexityCVSS 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.