CVE-2020-7663
moderate-risk
Published 2020-06-02
websocket-extensions ruby module prior to 0.1.5 allows Denial of Service (DoS) via Regex Backtracking. The extension parser may take quadratic time when parsing a header containing an unclosed string parameter value whose content is a repeating two-byte sequence of a backslash and some other character. This could be abused by an attacker to conduct Regex Denial Of Service (ReDoS) on a single-threaded server by providing a malicious payload with the Sec-WebSocket-Extensions header.
Do I need to act?
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2.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (5)
Affected Vendors
References (12)
Third Party Advisory
https://blog.jcoglan.com/2020/06/02/redos-vulnerability-in-websocket-extensions
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/faye/websocket-extensions-ruby/security/advisories/GHSA-g6wq-...
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4502-1/
Third Party Advisory
https://blog.jcoglan.com/2020/06/02/redos-vulnerability-in-websocket-extensions
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/faye/websocket-extensions-ruby/security/advisories/GHSA-g6wq-...
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4502-1/
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
26/34 · High
Exploitability
6/34 · Minimal
Exposure
12/34 · Low