CVE-2021-27291 (GCVE-0-2021-27291)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-17 12:31 – Updated: 2024-08-03 20:48
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Summary
In pygments 1.1+, fixed in 2.7.4, the lexers used to parse programming languages rely heavily on regular expressions. Some of the regular expressions have exponential or cubic worst-case complexity and are vulnerable to ReDoS. By crafting malicious input, an attacker can cause a denial of service.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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