CVE-2019-11388

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    CVE-2019-11388

    Published: 21 Apr 2019Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set (CRS) through 3.1.0. /rules/REQUEST-932-APPLICATION-ATTACK-RCE.conf allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ReDOS) by entering a specially crafted string with nested repetition operators. NOTE: the software maintainer disputes that this is a vulnerability because the issue cannot be exploited via ModSecurity

    References: https://github.com/SpiderLabs/owasp-modsecurity-crs/issues/1354, https://github.com/SpiderLabs/owasp-modsecurity-crs/issues/1372

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v3.1.0-rc2
    v3.1.0
    v3.1.0-rc1

    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
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High