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CVE-2023-22796
A regular expression based DoS vulnerability in Active Support <6.1.7.1 and <7.0.4.1.
Impact
A regular expression based DoS vulnerability in Active Support <6.1.7.1 and <7.0.4.1. A specially crafted string passed to the underscore method 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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Activesupport Project | Activesupport | before 6.1.7.1 from 7.0.0 before 7.0.4.1 |