Description

In the CGI gem before 0.4.2 for Ruby, a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability exists in the Util#escapeElement method.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-03-03T00:00:00.000Z

Last Modified :

2025-11-03T21:13:25.250Z

Source :

mitre
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-27220 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Redhat
  • Enterprise Linux
Ruby-lang
  • Cgi
  • Ruby
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-27220.

URL Resource
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/cgi/CVE-2025-27220.yml cve-icon cve-icon
https://hackerone.com/reports/2890322 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00008.html cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27220 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-27220 cve-icon
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/02/26/security-advisories/ cve-icon
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