{"id":"CVE-2023-26112","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-26112","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T07:25:34.531Z","title":"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…","description":"All versions of the package configobj are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the validate function, using (.+?)\\((.*)\\).\r\r**Note:** This is only exploitable in the case of a developer, putting the offending value in a server side configuration file.","published":"2023-04-03T05:15:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:42:42.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"report@snyk.io","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-1333"],"affected":["configobj project/configobj"],"epss":{"score":0.01269,"percentile":0.69646,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.27%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/DiffSK/configobj/issues/232","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"report@snyk.io"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6BO4RLMYEJODCNUE3DJIIUUFVTPAG6VN/","source":"report@snyk.io"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NZHY7B33EFY4LESP2NI4APQUPRROTAZK/","source":"report@snyk.io"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PYU4IHVLOTYMFPH7KDOJGKZQR4GKWPFK/","source":"report@snyk.io"},{"url":"https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-CONFIGOBJ-3252494","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"report@snyk.io"},{"url":"https://github.com/DiffSK/configobj/issues/232","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6BO4RLMYEJODCNUE3DJIIUUFVTPAG6VN/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NZHY7B33EFY4LESP2NI4APQUPRROTAZK/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PYU4IHVLOTYMFPH7KDOJGKZQR4GKWPFK/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-CONFIGOBJ-3252494","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26112","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}