CVE-2023-22799

A ReDoS based DoS vulnerability in the GlobalID <1.0.1 which could allow an attacker supplying a carefully crafted input can cause the regular expression engine to take an unexpected amount of time. All users running an affected release should either upgrade or use one of the workarounds immediately.

Published: 2023-02-09 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-22799 is rated Moderate Risk (50.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.05%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-22799

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.40% 1.05% -0.35%
2 2026-04-21 1.63% 1.40% -0.24%
3 2026-04-07 — 1.63% —

Full EPSS history (38 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-22799

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-22799

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2023-22799

GHSA-23c2-gwp5-pxw9 · Severity: low · Ecosystem: rubygems — ReDoS based DoS vulnerability in GlobalID

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-22799

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-22799 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ruby-globalid), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-22799
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-22799
suse high — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-22799/
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-22799 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ruby-globalid), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 7, ignored 6. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-22799

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-22799

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rubyonrails globalid >= 0.2.1, < 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:globalid:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

References for CVE-2023-22799

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