CVE-2025-27220

A flaw was found in Ruby's CGI gem. The CGI::Util#escapeElement method is vulnerable to Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS), allowing a specially crafted input to cause a high CPU consumption.

This issue will cause an excessive resource consumption, potentially resulting in a degraded application performance. However, an attacker does have the ability to completely deny service to legitimate users. As such, Red hat has rated the CVSS Availability as LOW instead of HIGH.

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 for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.