CVE-2026-45367
Prior to 6.9.7, the FHIRPathEngine implementation passes user-controlled regular expressions from matches(), matchesFull(), and replaceMatches() to Java regex operations without effective timeouts, allowing catastrophic backtracking and denial of service.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.68%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
HAPI FHIR is a complete implementation of the HL7 FHIR standard for healthcare interoperability in Java. Prior to 6.9.7, the FHIRPathEngine implementation passes user-controlled regular expressions from matches(), matchesFull(), and replaceMatches() to Java regex operations without effective timeouts, allowing catastrophic backtracking and denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 6.9.7.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.68% probability · 51th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/hapifhir/org.hl7.fhir.core/commit/275d015c680ce9f90cbe285596e50118e472bf24
- https://github.com/hapifhir/org.hl7.fhir.core/commit/e08982d2b6f6dcd6c670a762d9cf999179fbe4ed
- https://github.com/hapifhir/org.hl7.fhir.core/pull/2403
- https://github.com/hapifhir/org.hl7.fhir.core/pull/2463
- https://github.com/hapifhir/org.hl7.fhir.core/releases/tag/6.9.7
- https://github.com/hapifhir/org.hl7.fhir.core/security/advisories/GHSA-3653-68v6-rq57
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.