CVE-2023-22796 | BDVDB-2026-195069 Detail

https://github.com/rails/rails

Description#

A regular expression based DoS vulnerability in Active Support <6.1.7.1 and <7.0.4.1. A specially crafted string passed to the underscore method can cause the regular expression engine to enter a state of catastrophic backtracking. This can cause the process to use large amounts of CPU and memory, leading to a possible DoS vulnerability.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References#

https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-22796-possible-redos-based-dos-vulnerability-in-active-supports-underscore/82116
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5372
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240202-0009/

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12023-02-09Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-11-27Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.