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TI-2017-06678 Aliases CVE-2017-9229GHSA-28pc-jv2f-hv8j

An issue was discovered in Oniguruma 6.2.0, as used in Oniguruma-mod in Ruby through…

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-476Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 9 fixed, 6 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-476.

Summary

An issue was discovered in Oniguruma 6.2.0, as used in Oniguruma-mod in Ruby through 2.4.1 and mbstring in PHP through 7.1.5. A SIGSEGV occurs in left_adjust_char_head() during regular expression compilation. Invalid handling of reg->dmax in forward_search_range() could result in an invalid pointer dereference, normally as an immediate denial-of-service condition.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05129 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 9 fixed, 6 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:oniguruma_project:oniguruma:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.2.0VulnerableOniguruma Project
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:oniguruma-mod:*:*up to 7.1.5VulnerablePHP
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:oniguruma-mod:*:*up to 2.4.1Vulnerableruby
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.6.0 to before 5.6.31; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.21; 7.1.0 to before 7.1.7VulnerablePHP
  • cpe:2.3:a:oniguruma_project:oniguruma:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.2.0 Vulnerable ·Oniguruma Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:oniguruma-mod:*:* Versions up to 7.1.5 Vulnerable ·PHP
  • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:oniguruma-mod:*:* Versions up to 2.4.1 Vulnerable ·ruby
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.6.0 to before 5.6.31; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.21; 7.1.0 to before 7.1.7 Vulnerable ·PHP

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2026:7545 Released 2026-04-10 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Hardened Images oniguruma-6.9.10-4.1.hum1@aarch64, oniguruma-6.9.10-4.1.hum1@src, oniguruma-6.9.10-4.1.hum1@x86_64 +2
  • RHSA-2018:1296 Released 2018-05-03 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    rh-php70-php security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) rh-php70-php-7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-bcmath-7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-cli-7.0.27-1.el6 +28
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-php70-php-7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-bcmath-7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-cli-7.0.27-1.el7 +26
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) rh-php70-php-7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-bcmath-7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-cli-7.0.27-1.el6 +28
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) rh-php70-php-7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-bcmath-7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-cli-7.0.27-1.el7 +26
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) rh-php70-php-7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-bcmath-7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-cli-7.0.27-1.el7 +26
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) rh-php70-php-7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-bcmath-7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-cli-7.0.27-1.el7 +26
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) rh-php70-php-7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-bcmath-7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-cli-7.0.27-1.el6 +28
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-php70-php-7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-bcmath-7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-cli-7.0.27-1.el7 +26

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
CloudForms Management Engine 5Affected—
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Software CollectionsAffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Subscription Asset ManagerAffected—
Red Hat Hardened ImagesFixed RHSA-2026:7545
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2018:1296
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2018:1296
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7)Fixed RHSA-2018:1296
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3)Fixed RHSA-2018:1296
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4)Fixed RHSA-2018:1296
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5)Fixed RHSA-2018:1296
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2018:1296
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2018:1296

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-9229
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-28pc-jv2f-hv8j

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Sources

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