CVE-2022-24836

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in Nokogiri

Description

Nokogiri is an open source XML and HTML library for Ruby. Nokogiri `< v1.13.4` contains an inefficient regular expression that is susceptible to excessive backtracking when attempting to detect encoding in HTML documents. Users are advised to upgrade to Nokogiri `>= 1.13.4`. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Categories

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.80% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: sparklemotion nokogiri
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/security/advisories/GHSA-crjr-9rc5-ghw8 third party advisory
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/commit/e444525ef1634b675cd1cf52d39f4320ef0aecfd third party advisory patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OUPLBUZVM4WPFSXBEP2JS3R6LMKRTLFC/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XMDCWRQXJQ3TFSETPCEFMQ6RR6ME5UA3/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6DHCOWMA5PQTIQIMDENA7R2Y5BDYAIYM/ vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00013.html third party advisory mailing list
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-29 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00018.html third party advisory mailing list
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213532 third party advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23 third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00010.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-24836?
CVE-2022-24836 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-24836?
To fix CVE-2022-24836, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-24836 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2022-24836 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2022-24836?
CVE-2022-24836 affects sparklemotion nokogiri.
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