vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2023-26112: configobj -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Apr 3, 2023
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

All versions of the package configobj are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the validate function, using (.+?)\((.*)\).

**Note:** This is only exploitable in the case of a developer, putting the offending value in a server side configuration file.

Solution

no-fix-debian-deb-package
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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