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CVE-2021-27291

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 3.91% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-03-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2021-27291
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.91%

Original NVD Description

In pygments 1.1+, fixed in 2.7.4, the lexers used to parse programming languages rely heavily on regular expressions. Some of the regular expressions have exponential or cubic worst-case complexity and are vulnerable to ReDoS. By crafting malicious input, an attacker can cause a denial of service.

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