SARA / Free Tools / CVE / CVE-2023-26112

CVE-2023-26112 — All versions of the package configobj are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denia

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.

CVSS
3.7 LOW
EPSS
0.07% (top 78.80%)
CWE
CWE-1333
Published
2023-04-03T05:00:01.443Z
Last modified
2025-02-13T19:35:38.781Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
na / configobj0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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