Vulnerability in Ruby-Lang Ruby

CVE-2023-28756

A ReDoS issue was discovered in the Time component through 0.2.1 in Ruby through 3.2.1. The Time parser mishandles invalid URLs that have specific characters. It causes an increase in execution time for parsing strings to Time objects. The fixed versions are 0.1.1 and 0.2.2.

Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.025 (82.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-28756?
CVE-2023-28756 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ruby-Lang Ruby, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-03-31.
How severe is CVE-2023-28756?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-28756 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.