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GHSA-g6wq-qcwm-j5g2
GHSA-g6wq-qcwm-j5g2
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8.199999809265137 HIGH
Regular Expression Denial of Service in websocket-extensions (RubyGem)
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published June 5, 2020
websocket-extensions is fixed in 0.1.5 (RubyGems)
Regular Expression Denial of Service in websocket-extensions (RubyGem)
Fixed versions
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| Package | Ecosystem | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| websocket-extensions | RubyGems | 0.1.5 |
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
8.199999809265137
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | websocket-extensions | 0 |
Timeline
- Jun 5, 2020 CVE Published
- Aug 6, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://github.com/faye/websocket-extensions-ruby package
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4502-1 url
- https://github.com/faye/websocket-extensions-ruby/commit/aa156a439da681361ed6f53f1a8131892418838b url
- https://blog.jcoglan.com/2020/06/02/redos-vulnerability-in-websocket-extensions url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00031.html url
- https://github.com/faye/websocket-extensions-ruby/security/advisories/GHSA-g6wq-qcwm-j5g2 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7663 advisory
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/websocket-extensions/CVE-2020-7663.yml url
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUBY-WEBSOCKETEXTENSIONS-570830 url