CVE-2023-22792

rubygem-actionpack: Denial of Service in Action Dispatch

Published Feb 9, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
A regular expression based DoS vulnerability in Action Dispatch <6.0.6.1,< 6.1.7.1, and <7.0.4.1. Specially crafted cookies, in combination with a specially crafted X_FORWARDED_HOST header 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 All users running an affected release should either upgrade or use one of the workarounds immediately.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5372-1 rails security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-0513 A regular expression based DoS vulnerability in Action Dispatch <6.0.6.1,< 6.1.7.1, and <7.0.4.1. Specially crafted cookies, in combination with a specially crafted X_FORWARDED_HOST header 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 All users running an affected release should either upgrade or use one of the workarounds immediately.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-p84v-45xj-wwqj ReDoS based DoS vulnerability in Action Dispatch
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
hackerone
Published
Updated
Mar 24, 2025, 8:30 PM
Reserved
Jan 6, 2023, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 9, 2023, 8:15 PM
Modified
Oct 24, 2026, 1:10 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jan 20, 2023, 12:00 AM