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CVE-2025-27220

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Published: Mar 4, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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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

In the CGI gem before 0.4.2 for Ruby, a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability exists in the Util#escapeElement method.

Affected (3)

Products: Ruby Lang: Cgi
Ruby Lang
1 product
Cgi
Configuration A
3 vulnerable · 2 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Ruby Lang
Cgi
Before 0.3.5.1
Cgi
From 0.4.0 to 0.4.2
Cgi
Version 0.3.6
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Ruby Lang
Ruby
Version 3.1.0
Ruby Lang
Ruby
Version 3.2.0

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 (3)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
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Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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