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veracodeVeracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:38998
HistoryJan 25, 2023 - 2:05 a.m.

Regular Expression Denial Of Service(ReDoS)

2023-01-2502:05:18
Veracode Vulnerability Database
sca.analysiscenter.veracode.com
11
vulnerability
regular expression
complexity
redos
attack
submission
malicious cookie
x_forwarded_host
header

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

42.9%

actionpack is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service(ReDoS). The vulnerability exists due to inefficient regular expression complexity which allows an attacker to crash the application by submitting a malicious cookie, in combination with a specially crafted X_FORWARDED_HOST header.