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    CVE-2023-26112

    All versions of the package configobj are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the validate function, using (.+?)\((.*)\). **Note:** This is only exploitable in the case of a developer, putting the offending value in a server side configuration file.

    Published:Apr 3, 2023
    Last Modified:Feb 13, 2025
    EPS:Apr 3, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.00072
    CVSS Score:3.7

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Configobj Project
    Product
    Configobj

    Exploits

    https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-CONFIGOBJ-3252494https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-CONFIGOBJ-3252494

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-492 Regular Expression Exponential Blowup

    References

    https://github.com/DiffSK/configobj/issues/232
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6BO4RLMYEJODCNUE3DJIIUUFVTPAG6VN/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NZHY7B33EFY4LESP2NI4APQUPRROTAZK/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PYU4IHVLOTYMFPH7KDOJGKZQR4GKWPFK/
    https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-CONFIGOBJ-3252494
    https://github.com/DiffSK/configobj/issues/232
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6BO4RLMYEJODCNUE3DJIIUUFVTPAG6VN/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NZHY7B33EFY4LESP2NI4APQUPRROTAZK/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PYU4IHVLOTYMFPH7KDOJGKZQR4GKWPFK/
    https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-CONFIGOBJ-3252494

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High