A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) vulnerability was discovered in…
Priority LOW 37CWE-770Published · 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
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) vulnerability was discovered in Vfsjfilechooser2 version 0.2.9 and below which occurs when the application attempts to validate crafted URIs.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02315 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed com.github.fracpete:vfsjfilechooser2 (Maven): 0.2.9
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | com.github.fracpete:vfsjfilechooser2 (Maven) | before 0.2.9 | 0.2.9 | Patch available | GHSA-c7fh-chf7-jr5x |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- com.github.fracpete:vfsjfilechooser2 (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 0.2.9 Fixed in 0.2.9 Patch available GHSA-c7fh-chf7-jr5x
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:vfsjfilechooser2_project:vfsjfilechooser2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 0.2.9 | Vulnerable | Vfsjfilechooser2 Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:vfsjfilechooser2_project:vfsjfilechooser2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.2.9 Vulnerable ·Vfsjfilechooser2 Project
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-c7fh-chf7-jr5x com.github.fracpete:vfsjfilechooser2 (Maven) Fixed in 0.2.9 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-29061
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c7fh-chf7-jr5x
References
Exploit 3
Sources
- CVE-2021-29061 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-29061 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c7fh-chf7-jr5x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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