# Regular expression denial of service in eth-account

Advisory record · `GHSA-v65g-f3cj-fjp4`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-v65g-f3cj-fjp4` · `CVE-2022-1930` · `PYSEC-2026-806`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 5.9 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-697](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/697.html) · [CWE-1333](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1333.html)
- **Tags:** [Denial of service](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/dos.md) · [CWE-697](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-697.md)
- **Published:** 23 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 7 Jul 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 23 Aug 2022, 00:00 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `eth-account` (PyPI): affected `<0.5.9`; fixed in `0.5.9`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 5.9 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`, from CNA (JFROG)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0091, the 60th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 23 Aug 2022. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-v65g-f3cj-fjp4](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v65g-f3cj-fjp4)
- [OSV: GHSA-v65g-f3cj-fjp4](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-v65g-f3cj-fjp4)
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1930>
- <https://github.com/ethereum/eth-account/commit/70f89be700df0d5f08ef696252c88741f8414060>
- <https://github.com/ethereum/eth-account>
- <https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/eth-account-redos-xray-248681>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-v65g-f3cj-fjp4>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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