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CVE-2022-24836

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in Nokogiri

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Nokogiri is an open source XML and HTML library for Ruby. Nokogiri `< v1.13.4` contains an inefficient regular expression that is susceptible to excessive backtracking when attempting to detect encoding in HTML documents. Users are advised to upgrade to Nokogiri `>= 1.13.4`. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Nokogiri es una biblioteca XML y HTML de código abierto para Ruby. Nokogiri versiones anteriores a v1.13.4 contiene una expresión regular ineficiente que es susceptible de un retroceso excesivo cuando intenta detectar la codificación en documentos HTML. Se recomienda a usuarios actualizar a Nokogiri versiones posteriores a 1.13.4 incluyéndola. No se presentan medidas de mitigación conocidas para este problema

A flaw was found in the nokogiri library when processing an inefficient and complex regular expression. This flaw allows an attacker to cause excessive consumption of resources, which affects performance.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2022-02-10 CVE Reserved
  • 2022-04-11 CVE Published
  • 2023-12-01 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-09-03 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Nokogiri
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Nokogiri
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< 1.13.4
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ruby
Affected
Fedoraproject
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Fedora
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34
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-
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Fedoraproject
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Fedora
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35
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-
Affected
Fedoraproject
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Fedora
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36
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-
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Debian
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Debian Linux
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9.0
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-
Affected
Debian
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Debian Linux
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10.0
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-
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Apple
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Macos
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>= 13.0 < 13.1
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-
Affected