CGI has Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) potential in Util#escapeElement
GHSA-mhwm-jh88-3gjf · CVE-2025-27220
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Description
There is a possibility for Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) by in the cgi gem. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2025-27220. We recommend upgrading the cgi gem.
Details
The regular expression used in CGI::Util#escapeElement is vulnerable to ReDoS. The crafted input could lead to a high CPU consumption.
This vulnerability only affects Ruby 3.1 and 3.2. If you are using these versions, please update CGI gem to version 0.3.5.1, 0.3.7, 0.4.2 or later.
Affected versions
cgi gem versions <= 0.3.5, 0.3.6, 0.4.0 and 0.4.1.
Credits
Thanks to svalkanov for discovering this issue.
Also thanks to nobu for fixing this vulnerability.
References
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27220
- WEB https://github.com/ruby/cgi/pull/52
- WEB https://github.com/ruby/cgi/pull/53
- WEB https://github.com/ruby/cgi/pull/54
- WEB https://hackerone.com/reports/2890322
- PACKAGE https://github.com/ruby/cgi
- WEB https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/cgi/CVE-2025-27220.yml
- WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00008.html
- WEB https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-27220
- WEB https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/02/26/security-advisories
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