CVE-2020-36661

LOW

Kong lua-multipart <0.5.9-1 - Regular Expression Complexity

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability was found in Kong lua-multipart 0.5.8-1. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function is_header of the file src/multipart.lua. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. Upgrading to version 0.5.9-1 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as d632e5df43a2928fd537784a99a79dec288bf01b. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-220642 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?id.220642
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory signature permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.220642
Issue Tracking, Patch issue-tracking
https://github.com/Kong/lua-multipart/pull/34

Scores

CVSS v3 3.5
EPSS 0.0046
EPSS Percentile 64.1%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-1333
Status published
Products (1)
konghq/multipart 0.5.8-1
Published Feb 12, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026