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    CVE-2023-22792

    A regular expression based DoS vulnerability in Action Dispatch <6.0.6.1,< 6.1.7.1, and <7.0.4.1. Specially crafted cookies, in combination with a specially crafted X_FORWARDED_HOST header 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 All users running an affected release should either upgrade or use one of the workarounds immediately.

    Published:Jan 20, 2023
    Last Modified:Mar 24, 2025
    EPS:Feb 9, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.0236
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Satellite
    Vendor
    Rubyonrails
    Product
    Rails

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