CWE-400
DiscouragedUncontrolled Resource Consumption
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
5417 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-MVRW-PMWV-2H57
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-03-19 00:00 – Updated: 2022-03-25 00:00A resource exhaustion issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.2.1 and iPadOS 15.2.1. Processing a maliciously crafted HomeKit accessory name may cause a denial of service.
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"nvd_published_at": "2022-03-18T18:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"id": "GHSA-mvrw-pmwv-2h57",
"modified": "2022-03-25T00:00:46Z",
"published": "2022-03-19T00:00:57Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22588"
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"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213043"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-MVWQ-HCRJ-F5X9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-27 21:34 – Updated: 2025-04-28 20:54A vulnerability was found in Apereo CAS 5.2.6. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file cas-5.2.6\core\cas-server-core-configuration-metadata-repository\src\main\java\org\apereo\cas\metadata\rest\CasConfigurationMetadataServerController.java. The manipulation of the argument Name leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-3986"
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"details": "A vulnerability was found in Apereo CAS 5.2.6. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file cas-5.2.6\\core\\cas-server-core-configuration-metadata-repository\\src\\main\\java\\org\\apereo\\cas\\metadata\\rest\\CasConfigurationMetadataServerController.java. The manipulation of the argument Name leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.",
"id": "GHSA-mvwq-hcrj-f5x9",
"modified": "2025-04-28T20:54:43Z",
"published": "2025-04-27T21:34:48Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3986"
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"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/apereo/cas"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.306322"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.306322"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?submit.557473"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://wx.mail.qq.com/s?k=rk-m8GwRMVMcOjBY1a"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"type": "CVSS_V4"
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],
"summary": "Apereo CAS has inefficient regular expression complexity"
}
GHSA-MW54-J2V2-42HR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-15 22:55 – Updated: 2026-07-15 22:55Impact
Datadog tracing libraries that implement W3C baggage propagation parse incoming baggage HTTP headers without enforcing item-count or byte-size limits on the extract path. The DD_TRACE_BAGGAGE_MAX_ITEMS (default 64) and DD_TRACE_BAGGAGE_MAX_BYTES (default 8192) limits were applied only to baggage injection, not extraction. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can send a request whose baggage header contains an arbitrarily large number of comma-separated key-value pairs (or a single very large value). The tracer allocates a hash-map entry for each pair on every request, causing unbounded CPU and memory consumption and enabling a remote Denial of Service against any HTTP service that has the baggage propagation style enabled. The baggage propagation style is enabled by default in most affected tracers, so any internet-facing service that has been instrumented with an affected tracer version is exposed unless the propagation style has been explicitly narrowed.
Patches
This is resolved in version 4.8.2 and later of the dd-trace-py library
Workarounds
If users cannot upgrade immediately:
1. Disable baggage extraction by removing baggage from DD_TRACE_PROPAGATION_STYLE (or DD_TRACE_PROPAGATION_STYLE_EXTRACT if set independently).
2. Cap the maximum HTTP request header size at an upstream proxy or web server (for example, Apache LimitRequestFieldSize, Nginx large_client_header_buffers, Envoy max_request_headers_kb).
Resources
Related upstream advisories: opentelemetry-go GHSA-mh2q-q3fh-2475 opentelemetry-dotnet GHSA-g94r-2vxg-569j
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"details": "### Impact\nDatadog tracing libraries that implement W3C baggage propagation parse incoming baggage HTTP headers without enforcing item-count or byte-size limits on the extract path. The DD_TRACE_BAGGAGE_MAX_ITEMS (default 64) and DD_TRACE_BAGGAGE_MAX_BYTES (default 8192) limits were applied only to baggage injection, not extraction. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can send a request whose baggage header contains an arbitrarily large number of comma-separated key-value pairs (or a single very large value). The tracer allocates a hash-map entry for each pair on every request, causing unbounded CPU and memory consumption and enabling a remote Denial of Service against any HTTP service that has the baggage propagation style enabled.\nThe baggage propagation style is enabled by default in most affected tracers, so any internet-facing service that has been instrumented with an affected tracer version is exposed unless the propagation style has been explicitly narrowed.\n\n### Patches\nThis is resolved in version 4.8.2 and later of the `dd-trace-py` library\n\n### Workarounds\nIf users cannot upgrade immediately:\n1. Disable `baggage` extraction by removing `baggage` from `DD_TRACE_PROPAGATION_STYLE` (or `DD_TRACE_PROPAGATION_STYLE_EXTRACT` if set independently).\n2. Cap the maximum HTTP request header size at an upstream proxy or web server (for example, Apache `LimitRequestFieldSize`, Nginx `large_client_header_buffers`, Envoy `max_request_headers_kb`).\n\n\n### Resources\nRelated upstream advisories:\n[opentelemetry-go GHSA-mh2q-q3fh-2475](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/security/advisories/GHSA-mh2q-q3fh-2475)\n[opentelemetry-dotnet GHSA-g94r-2vxg-569j](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/security/advisories/GHSA-g94r-2vxg-569j)",
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"modified": "2026-07-15T22:55:24Z",
"published": "2026-07-15T22:55:24Z",
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"summary": "dd-trace-py: Improper parsing of W3C baggage headers may lead to DoS"
}
GHSA-MWCM-QXP3-WWJ9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-20 15:31 – Updated: 2025-08-20 15:31CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability exists that could cause a denial of service when an authenticated user sends a specially crafted request to a specific endpoint from within the BMS network.
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"details": "CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability exists that could cause a denial of service when an authenticated user sends a specially crafted request to a specific endpoint from within the BMS network.",
"id": "GHSA-mwcm-qxp3-wwj9",
"modified": "2025-08-20T15:31:42Z",
"published": "2025-08-20T15:31:42Z",
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SEVD-2025-224-04\u0026p_enDocType=Security+and+Safety+Notice\u0026p_File_Name=SEVD-2025-224-04.pdf"
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"type": "CVSS_V4"
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GHSA-MWGR-P983-V4M9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-23 00:30 – Updated: 2025-04-23 15:30A vulnerability in the kernel of the Cray Operating System (COS) could allow an attacker to perform a local Denial of Service (DoS) attack.
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-04-22T22:15:17Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "A vulnerability in the kernel of the Cray Operating System (COS) could allow an attacker to perform a local Denial of Service (DoS) attack.",
"id": "GHSA-mwgr-p983-v4m9",
"modified": "2025-04-23T15:30:56Z",
"published": "2025-04-23T00:30:37Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27087"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbcr04838en_us\u0026docLocale=en_US"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-MWQ6-FG78-P6CQ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-19 21:32 – Updated: 2026-06-19 21:32urllib3 version 2.6.3 is vulnerable to a decompression bomb bypass in its streaming API (preload_content=False) when using Brotli support. The issue arises due to three independent code paths in response.py that bypass the max_length protection introduced in version 2.6.0 to mitigate CVE-2025-66471. Specifically, negative max_length values can be produced due to buffer arithmetic in read(), flush_decoder unconditionally overrides max_length to -1, and _flush_decoder() passes no limit at all, defaulting to unlimited decompression. This allows a malicious HTTP server to trigger an out-of-memory (OOM) condition by decompressing large payloads into memory, leading to a denial of service (DoS). The vulnerability affects urllib3 2.6.3 and Brotli 1.2.0 and impacts applications and libraries using requests or urllib3 to stream content from untrusted sources.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-9375"
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-06-19T19:16:36Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "urllib3 version 2.6.3 is vulnerable to a decompression bomb bypass in its streaming API (`preload_content=False`) when using Brotli support. The issue arises due to three independent code paths in `response.py` that bypass the `max_length` protection introduced in version 2.6.0 to mitigate CVE-2025-66471. Specifically, negative `max_length` values can be produced due to buffer arithmetic in `read()`, `flush_decoder` unconditionally overrides `max_length` to `-1`, and `_flush_decoder()` passes no limit at all, defaulting to unlimited decompression. This allows a malicious HTTP server to trigger an out-of-memory (OOM) condition by decompressing large payloads into memory, leading to a denial of service (DoS). The vulnerability affects urllib3 2.6.3 and Brotli 1.2.0 and impacts applications and libraries using `requests` or `urllib3` to stream content from untrusted sources.",
"id": "GHSA-mwq6-fg78-p6cq",
"modified": "2026-06-19T21:32:48Z",
"published": "2026-06-19T21:32:48Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9375"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/commit/2bdcc44d1e163fb5cc48a8662425e35e15adfe6a"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://huntr.com/bounties/ddd09eb9-b87d-4a43-84df-48837b1bbc23"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-MWRP-HHPC-X64F
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-21 21:31 – Updated: 2026-04-21 21:31Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Group Replication Plugin). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.0-8.0.45, 8.4.0-8.4.8 and 9.0.0-9.6.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-04-21T21:16:31Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Group Replication Plugin). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.0-8.0.45, 8.4.0-8.4.8 and 9.0.0-9.6.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).",
"id": "GHSA-mwrp-hhpc-x64f",
"modified": "2026-04-21T21:31:25Z",
"published": "2026-04-21T21:31:25Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34276"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2026.html"
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GHSA-MWV6-3258-Q52C
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-11 22:49 – Updated: 2025-12-11 22:49A vulnerability affects certain React packages for versions 19.0.0, 19.0.1, 19.1.0, 19.1.1, 19.1.2, 19.2.0, and 19.2.1 and frameworks that use the affected packages, including Next.js 15.x and 16.x using the App Router. The issue is tracked upstream as CVE-2025-55184.
A malicious HTTP request can be crafted and sent to any App Router endpoint that, when deserialized, can cause the server process to hang and consume CPU. This can result in denial of service in unpatched environments.
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"nvd_published_at": null,
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "A vulnerability affects certain React packages for versions 19.0.0, 19.0.1, 19.1.0, 19.1.1, 19.1.2, 19.2.0, and 19.2.1 and frameworks that use the affected packages, including Next.js 15.x and 16.x using the App Router. The issue is tracked upstream as [CVE-2025-55184](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-55184).\n\nA malicious HTTP request can be crafted and sent to any App Router endpoint that, when deserialized, can cause the server process to hang and consume CPU. This can result in denial of service in unpatched environments.",
"id": "GHSA-mwv6-3258-q52c",
"modified": "2025-12-11T22:49:28Z",
"published": "2025-12-11T22:49:27Z",
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/vercel/next.js/security/advisories/GHSA-mwv6-3258-q52c"
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"url": "https://github.com/vercel/next.js"
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"url": "https://nextjs.org/blog/security-update-2025-12-11"
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GHSA-MX27-GG24-H2JC
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-06-14 15:30 – Updated: 2025-01-06 22:13An issue was discovered ph-json through 9.5.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts via crafted object that uses cyclic dependencies.
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"aliases": [
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],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400",
"CWE-787"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2023-06-14T21:09:37Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2023-06-14T14:15:10Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An issue was discovered ph-json through 9.5.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts via crafted object that uses cyclic dependencies.",
"id": "GHSA-mx27-gg24-h2jc",
"modified": "2025-01-06T22:13:35Z",
"published": "2023-06-14T15:30:38Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34612"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/phax/ph-commons/issues/35"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/phax/ph-commons"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "ph-json vulnerable to stack exhaustion"
}
GHSA-MX53-8X3C-JGQV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-22 15:32 – Updated: 2025-01-23 15:31Open5GS MME versions <= 2.6.4 contain a reachable assertion in the UE Context Release Request packet handler. A packet containing an invalid MME_UE_S1AP_ID field causes Open5gs to crash; an attacker may repeatedly send such packets to cause denial of service.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-37022"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400",
"CWE-770"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-01-22T15:15:11Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Open5GS MME versions \u003c= 2.6.4 contain a reachable assertion in the `UE Context Release Request` packet handler. A packet containing an invalid `MME_UE_S1AP_ID` field causes Open5gs to crash; an attacker may repeatedly send such packets to cause denial of service.",
"id": "GHSA-mx53-8x3c-jgqv",
"modified": "2025-01-23T15:31:05Z",
"published": "2025-01-22T15:32:35Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37022"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://cellularsecurity.org/ransacked"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
Mitigation
Design throttling mechanisms into the system architecture. The best protection is to limit the amount of resources that an unauthorized user can cause to be expended. A strong authentication and access control model will help prevent such attacks from occurring in the first place. The login application should be protected against DoS attacks as much as possible. Limiting the database access, perhaps by caching result sets, can help minimize the resources expended. To further limit the potential for a DoS attack, consider tracking the rate of requests received from users and blocking requests that exceed a defined rate threshold.
Mitigation
- Mitigation of resource exhaustion attacks requires that the target system either:
- The first of these solutions is an issue in itself though, since it may allow attackers to prevent the use of the system by a particular valid user. If the attacker impersonates the valid user, they may be able to prevent the user from accessing the server in question.
- The second solution is simply difficult to effectively institute -- and even when properly done, it does not provide a full solution. It simply makes the attack require more resources on the part of the attacker.
- recognizes the attack and denies that user further access for a given amount of time, or
- uniformly throttles all requests in order to make it more difficult to consume resources more quickly than they can again be freed.
Mitigation
Ensure that protocols have specific limits of scale placed on them.
Mitigation
Ensure that all failures in resource allocation place the system into a safe posture.
CAPEC-147: XML Ping of the Death
An attacker initiates a resource depletion attack where a large number of small XML messages are delivered at a sufficiently rapid rate to cause a denial of service or crash of the target. Transactions such as repetitive SOAP transactions can deplete resources faster than a simple flooding attack because of the additional resources used by the SOAP protocol and the resources necessary to process SOAP messages. The transactions used are immaterial as long as they cause resource utilization on the target. In other words, this is a normal flooding attack augmented by using messages that will require extra processing on the target.
CAPEC-227: Sustained Client Engagement
An adversary attempts to deny legitimate users access to a resource by continually engaging a specific resource in an attempt to keep the resource tied up as long as possible. The adversary's primary goal is not to crash or flood the target, which would alert defenders; rather it is to repeatedly perform actions or abuse algorithmic flaws such that a given resource is tied up and not available to a legitimate user. By carefully crafting a requests that keep the resource engaged through what is seemingly benign requests, legitimate users are limited or completely denied access to the resource.
CAPEC-492: Regular Expression Exponential Blowup
An adversary may execute an attack on a program that uses a poor Regular Expression(Regex) implementation by choosing input that results in an extreme situation for the Regex. A typical extreme situation operates at exponential time compared to the input size. This is due to most implementations using a Nondeterministic Finite Automaton(NFA) state machine to be built by the Regex algorithm since NFA allows backtracking and thus more complex regular expressions.