CVE-2023-22792

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CVSS v3.1

7.5

EPSS

1.70%

Published

Feb 9, 2023

Modified

Mar 24, 2025

Public PoC / Exploit (1)

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Description

A regular expression based DoS vulnerability in Action Dispatch <6.0.6.1,< 6.1.7.1, and <7.0.4.1. Specially crafted cookies, in combination with a specially crafted X_FORWARDED_HOST header 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 All users running an affected release should either upgrade or use one of the workarounds immediately.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-400CWE-1333

Affected Products (3)

rubyonrails · rails (up to 6.0.6.1)vulnerable

rubyonrails · rails (up to 6.1.7.1)vulnerable

rubyonrails · rails (up to 7.0.4.1)vulnerable

References (6)

https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-22792-possible-redos-based-dos-vulnerability-in-action-dispatch/82115

PatchVendor Advisory

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240202-0007/