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
Product
Action
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Satellite
Redhat
Satellite
Vendor
Rubyonrails
Product
Rails
Rubyonrails
Rails
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
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High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
