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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Microsoft Knack 0.12.0 allows Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in the knack.introspection module. option_descriptions employs an inefficient regular expression pattern: \"\\s(:param)\\s+(.+?)\\s:(.*)\" that is susceptible to catastrophic backtracking when processing crafted docstrings containing a large volume of whitespace without a terminating colon. An attacker who can control or inject docstring content into affected applications can trigger excessive CPU consumption. This software is used by Azure CLI."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Microsoft Knack 0.12.0 permite la denegaci\u00f3n de servicio por expresiones regulares (ReDoS) en el m\u00f3dulo knack.introspection (n\u00famero 2 de 2)."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2025-54364",
  "lastModified": "2025-08-21T16:15:33.880",
  "metrics": {
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          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
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          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
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          "availabilityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "baseScore": 6.9,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "confidentialityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
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          "integrityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackComplexity": "NOT_DEFINED",
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          "modifiedAttackVector": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedPrivilegesRequired": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedUserInteraction": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedVulnAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
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          "providerUrgency": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "subAvailabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "subConfidentialityImpact": "NONE",
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          "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
          "version": "4.0",
          "vulnAvailabilityImpact": "HIGH",
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          "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED"
        },
        "source": "cve@mitre.org",
        "type": "Secondary"
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2025-08-20T03:15:35.443",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "https://github.com/microsoft/knack"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/microsoft-knack-python-package-regular-expression-dos"
    }
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          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-1333"
        }
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}