CVE-2026-62864CWE-1333

Ring's nested-params middleware has inefficient regular expression complexity

High · published October 30, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
—
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Ring is a Clojure web applications library inspired by Python's WSGI and Ruby's Rack. Prior to 1.15.5, `wrap-nested-params` in the `ring.middleware.nested-params` namespace uses a backtracking regular expression to match parameter names from URL query strings and HTTP request bodies. An attacker can craft a parameter name that drives quadratic O(n^2) matching work, causing regular-expression denial of service in applications using the middleware. `Ring-Defaults` users are also exposed because nested-params is enabled by default. Applications omitting the middleware do not expose this parsing path. This issue is fixed in version 1.15.5.

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
Not scored
Weakness
CWE-1333 · Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Published
2026-10-30T20:34Z
Timeline
  • 30 OCT 20:34Z
    Ring's nested-params middleware has inefficient regular expression complexity
    cvelistv5
  • 30 OCT 20:34Z
    Ring's nested-params middleware has inefficient regular expression complexity
    cvelistv5