CVE-2023-36617

rubygem-uri: ReDoS vulnerability - upstream's incomplete fix for CVE-2023-28755

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.1

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Published · June 29, 2023

Updated · March 18, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the rubygem URI. The URI parser mishandles invalid URLs that have specific characters, which causes an increase in execution time parsing strings to URI objects. This issue may result in a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS).

Statement

This vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2023-28755 in upstream.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-185 · Incorrect Regular Expression