Description
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.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Vdb Entry, Technical Description vdb-entry
technical-description
VDB-369098 | kokke tiny-regex-c Pattern re.c matchstar redos
https://vuldb.com/vuln/369098
Signature, Permissions Required signature
permissions-required
VDB-369098 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA)
https://vuldb.com/vuln/369098/cti
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
CVE-2026-11478 | CVE Analysis and Report
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-11478
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
Submit #833966 | tiny-regex-c 0.1.0 Regular Expression Denial of Service
https://vuldb.com/submit/833966
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://github.com/kokke/tiny-regex-c/issues/100
Product product
https://github.com/kokke/tiny-regex-c/
Scores
CVSS v3
3.3
EPSS
0.0011
EPSS Percentile
1.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-1333
CWE-400
Status
published
Products (1)
kokke/tiny-regex-c
f2632c6d9ed25272987471cdb8b70395c2460bdb
Published
Jun 08, 2026
Tracked Since
Jun 08, 2026