Vulnerability in Sqlalchemy Mako

CVE-2022-40023

Sqlalchemy mako before 1.2.2 is vulnerable to Regular expression Denial of Service when using the Lexer class to parse. This also affects babelplugin and linguaplugin.

Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.017 (74.9th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40023?
CVE-2022-40023 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sqlalchemy Mako, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-09-07.
How severe is CVE-2022-40023?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-40023 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.