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GHSA-jxhc-q857-3j6g
GHSA-jxhc-q857-3j6g
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Regular Expression Denial of Service in Addressable templates
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published July 12, 2021
addressable is fixed in 2.8.0 (RubyGems)
Regular Expression Denial of Service in Addressable templates
Fixed versions
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| Package | Ecosystem | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| addressable | RubyGems | 2.8.0 |
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | addressable | 2.3.0 |
Timeline
- Jul 12, 2021 CVE Published
- Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jxhc-q857-3j6g advisory
- https://github.com/sporkmonger/addressable package
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WYPVOOQU7UB277UUERJMCNQLRCXRCIQ5 url
- https://github.com/sporkmonger/addressable/security/advisories/GHSA-jxhc-q857-3j6g url
- https://github.com/sporkmonger/addressable/commit/0d8a3127e35886ce9284810a7f2438bff6b43cbc url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SDFQM2NHNAZ3NNUQZEJTYECYZYXV4UDS url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32740 advisory
- https://github.com/sporkmonger/addressable/commit/89c76130ce255c601f642a018cb5fb5a80e679a7 url
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/addressable/CVE-2021-32740.yml url
- https://github.com/sporkmonger/addressable/commit/92685096b1f7235ed8986c03ce30a24972eed848#diff-fb36d3dc67e6565ffde17e666a98697f48e76dac38fabf1bb9e97cdf3b583d76 url