diffsk/configobj · Security
configobj ReDoS exploitable by developer using values in a server-side configuration file
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-c33w-24p9-8m24
- CVE ID
- CVE-2023-26112
- Severity
- low
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 3.7 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CVSS v3
- 3.7 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Description
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.
CWEs
- CWE-1333 · Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26112 ↗
- https://github.com/DiffSK/configobj/issues/232 ↗
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-CONFIGOBJ-3252494 ↗
- https://github.com/DiffSK/configobj/commit/7c618b0bbaff6ecaca51a6f05b29795d1377a4a5 ↗
- 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://pypi.org/project/configobj/5.0.9 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c33w-24p9-8m24 ↗