CVE-2023-22795
HIGHRails < 6.1.7.1 - Denial of Service
Title source: ruleDescription
A regular expression based DoS vulnerability in Action Dispatch <6.1.7.1 and <7.0.4.1 related to the If-None-Match header. A specially crafted HTTP If-None-Match header can cause the regular expression engine to enter a state of catastrophic backtracking, when on a version of Ruby below 3.2.0. This can cause the process to use large amounts of CPU and memory, leading to a possible DoS vulnerability All users running an affected release should either upgrade or use one of the workarounds immediately.
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0158
EPSS Percentile
81.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-1333
CWE-400
Status
published
Affected Products (3)
rubyonrails/rails
< 6.1.7.1
debian/debian_linux
rubygems/actionpack
< 6.1.7.1RubyGems
Timeline
Published
Feb 09, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026