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DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23517
DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23517
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
rails-html-sanitizer is responsible for sanitizing HTML fragments in Rails applications. Certain configurations of rails-html-sanitizer < 1.4.4 use an inefficient regular expression that is susceptible to excessive backtracking when attempting to sanitize certain SVG attributes. This may lead to a denial of service through CPU resource consumption. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.4.
Risk Scores
CVSS v3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | ruby-rails-html-sanitizer | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:11 | ruby-rails-html-sanitizer | 0, 1.3.0-1, 1.3.0-1 |
| Debian:14 | ruby-rails-html-sanitizer | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:12 | ruby-rails-html-sanitizer | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Dec 14, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated