Redhat.comRH:CVE-2022-40896CVE-2022-40896
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.5%
A denial-of-service vulnerability related to regular expressions was discovered in Pygments, specifically in the file pygments/lexers/smithy.py. An attacker could exploit this flaw by sending a carefully crafted request, leading to a denial-of-service situation.
Mitigation
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
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5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.5%