Pydantic regular expression denial of service

Description

Regular expression denial of service in Pydantic < 2.4.0, < 1.10.13 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service via a crafted email string.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
medium
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Published (advisory)
2024-04-15 03:31:00 UTC
Updated
2025-02-13 19:01:05 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2024-04-15 18:11:28 UTC
NVD published
2024-04-14

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.28% 51.08%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
5.9 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
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.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Affected packages (2)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
pip pydantic >= 2.0.0, < 2.4.0 2.4.0
pip pydantic < 1.10.13 1.10.13

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence