CVE-2026-45367CWE-1333

HAPI FHIR: ReDoS via FHIRPath matches()/replaceMatches() in FHIR Validator HTTP Endpoint

High · published July 16, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
52.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

HAPI FHIR is a complete implementation of the HL7 FHIR standard for healthcare interoperability in Java. Prior to 6.9.7, the FHIRPathEngine implementation passes user-controlled regular expressions from matches(), matchesFull(), and replaceMatches() to Java regex operations without effective timeouts, allowing catastrophic backtracking and denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 6.9.7.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00684 · 52.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-1333 · Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Published
2026-07-16T16:52Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 JUL 16:52Z
    HAPI FHIR: ReDoS via FHIRPath matches()/replaceMatches() in FHIR Validator HTTP Endpoint
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