CVE-2026-11478 (GCVE-0-2026-11478)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-08 02:00 – Updated: 2026-06-08 10:59
VLAI
Title
kokke tiny-regex-c Pattern re.c matchstar redos
Summary
A flaw has been found in kokke tiny-regex-c up to f2632c6d9ed25272987471cdb8b70395c2460bdb. This vulnerability affects the function matchstar of the file re.c of the component Pattern Handler. This manipulation causes inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been published and may be used. This product adopts a rolling release strategy to maintain continuous delivery. Therefore, version details for affected or updated releases cannot be specified. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
  • CWE-400 - Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
kokke tiny-regex-c Affected: f2632c6d9ed25272987471cdb8b70395c2460bdb
    cpe:2.3:a:kokke:tiny-regex-c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Fantasy (VulDB User) VulDB CNA Team
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