CVE-2023-22795CWE-400

A regular expression based DoS vulnerability in Action Dispatch <6.1.7.1 and <7.0.4.1 related to the If-None-Match header

published February 9, 2023

CVSS
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EPSS
2%
Percentile
83.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A regular expression based DoS vulnerability in Action Dispatch <6.1.7.1 and <7.0.4.1 related to the If-None-Match header. A specially crafted HTTP If-None-Match header can cause the regular expression engine to enter a state of catastrophic backtracking, when on a version of Ruby below 3.2.0. 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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02278 · 83.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Published
2023-02-09T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 FEB 00:00Z
    A regular expression based DoS vulnerability in Action Dispatch <6.1.7.1 and <7.0.4.1 related to the If-None-Match header
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