Vulnerability in Jline Jline3

CVE-2026-77421

JLine is a Java library for handling console input. From 3.0.0 until 3.30.15 and 4.3.1, the JLine built-in nano editor's regex search mode passes a user-controlled search term from doSearch(String text) in builtins/src/main/java/org/jline/builtins/Nano.java to Java's backtracking regular expression engine without a timeout or backtracking bound. A nested-quantifier expression evaluated against non-matching buffer content can consume excessive CPU and indefinitely block the editor session thread, and remote multi-user deployments can lose a worker thread for each affected session. This issue is fixed in versions 3.30.15 and 4.3.1.

Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

  • Jline Jline3 — versions >= 3.0.0, < 3.30.15, >= 4.0.0, < 4.3.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-77421?
CVE-2026-77421 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jline Jline3, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2026-77421?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.