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CVE-2023-22796

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 1.71%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2023-02-09 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2023-22796
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
1.71%

Original NVD Description

A regular expression based DoS vulnerability in Active Support <6.1.7.1 and <7.0.4.1. A specially crafted string passed to the underscore method can cause the regular expression engine to enter a state of catastrophic backtracking. This can cause the process to use large amounts of CPU and memory, leading to a possible DoS vulnerability.

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