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CVE-2023-22792
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2023-02-09T20:15:11.290 · Last modified 2026-06-17T05:36:11.420

Summary

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.

Affected products

rubyonrails — rails

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References

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