CVE-2022-23517
High
Description
rails-html-sanitizer is responsible for sanitizing HTML fragments in Rails applications. Certain configurations of rails-html-sanitizer < 1.4.4 use an inefficient regular expression that is susceptible to excessive backtracking when attempting to sanitize certain SVG attributes. This may lead to a denial of service through CPU resource consumption. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.4.
SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
Product
Rubyonrails Rails Html Sanitizers
PublishedDec 14, 2022
First seenDec 14, 2022
Weakness typeCWE-1333CWE-1333
How to fix
Update
- rubyonrails rails_html_sanitizers1.4.4 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| rubyonrails rails_html_sanitizers | v < 1.4.4 | 1.4.4 |
| debian debian_linux | 10.0 | — |
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