What is CVE-2021-32848?

CVE-2021-32848 is a high-severity vulnerability in Octobox, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-02-20.

How severe is CVE-2021-32848?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Octobox

CVE-2021-32848

Octobox is software for managing GitHub notifications. Prior to pull request (PR) 2807, a user of the system can provide a specifically crafted search query string that will trigger a ReDoS vulnerability. This issue is fixed in PR 2807.

EPSS: 0.010 (60.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Octobox — versions 2807
Octobox_project Octobox

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security-advisories@github.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch)
security-advisories@github.com (Product, Exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-32848?: CVE-2021-32848 is a high-severity vulnerability in Octobox, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-02-20.
How severe is CVE-2021-32848?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.