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CVE-2021-32837

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Published: Jan 17, 2023Modified: Dec 22, 2025

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7.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

mechanize, a library for automatically interacting with HTTP web servers, contains a regular expression that is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) prior to version 0.4.6. If a web server responds in a malicious way, then mechanize could crash. Version 0.4.6 has a patch for the issue.

Affected (1)

Mechanize Project
1 product
Mechanize
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Mechanize
Before 0.4.6

Related CWEs

CWE-1333
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
The product uses a regular expression with an inefficient, possibly exponential worst-case computational complexity that consumes excessive CPU cycles.

References (11)

Source: security-advisories@github.com
ExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: security-advisories@github.com
PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Third Party Advisory
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Source: security-advisories@github.com
ExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitThird Party Advisory

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