regexp.Compile in Go before 1.16.15 and 1.17.x before 1.17.8 allows stack exhaustion via a deeply nested expression.
Priority LOW 39CWE-674Published · 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: 12 fixed, 23 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-674.
Summary
regexp.Compile in Go before 1.16.15 and 1.17.x before 1.17.8 allows stack exhaustion via a deeply nested expression.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.03228 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 14 advisoriesRed Hat: 12 fixed, 23 without a fix
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 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 3
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 1.16.15; 1.17 to before 1.17.8 | Vulnerable | Go standard library |
| cpe:2.3:a:netapp:astra_trident:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | NetApp |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 9.0 | Vulnerable | Debian |
- cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.16.15; 1.17 to before 1.17.8 Vulnerable ·Go standard library
- cpe:2.3:a:netapp:astra_trident:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·NetApp
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
Remediation
Red Hat 14 advisories
- RHSA-2023:0407 Released 2023-01-24 · Red Hat rating ModerateOpenShift Virtualization 4.12.0 RPMs security update
- CNV 4.12 for RHEL 7 kubevirt-4.12.0-1057.el7, kubevirt-virtctl-4.12.0-1057.el7, kubevirt-virtctl-redistributable-4.12.0-1057.el7
- CNV 4.12 for RHEL 8 kubevirt-4.12.0-1057.el8, kubevirt-virtctl-4.12.0-1057.el8, kubevirt-virtctl-redistributable-4.12.0-1057.el8
- RHSA-2022:8750 Released 2022-12-01 · Red Hat rating ModerateOpenShift Virtualization 4.11.1 security and bug fix update
- CNV 4.11 for RHEL 8 container-native-virtualization/checkup-framework, container-native-virtualization/hostpath-csi-driver, container-native-virtualization/hostpath-csi-driver-rhel8 +11
- RHSA-2022:6714 Released 2022-09-26 · Red Hat rating ModerateRHACS 3.72 enhancement and security update
- RHACS 3.72 for RHEL 8 advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-docs-rhel8, advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-main-rhel8, advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-rhel8-operator +3
Show 11 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2022:6526 Released 2022-09-14 · Red Hat rating ImportantOpenShift Virtualization 4.11.0 Images security and bug fix update
- CNV 4.11 for RHEL 8 container-native-virtualization/checkup-framework, container-native-virtualization/hostpath-csi-driver, container-native-virtualization/hostpath-csi-driver-rhel8 +11
- RHSA-2022:6277 Released 2022-08-31 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.1.5 security update
- OpenShift Service Mesh 2.1 servicemesh-2.1.5-1.el8, servicemesh-cni-2.1.5-1.el8, servicemesh-operator-2.1.5-1.el8 +6
- RHSA-2022:6156 Released 2022-08-24 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.11.0 security, enhancement, & bugfix update
- RHODF 4.11 for RHEL 8 odf4/cephcsi-rhel8, odf4/mcg-core-rhel8, odf4/mcg-rhel8-operator +12
- RHSA-2022:6040 Released 2022-08-10 · Red Hat rating ImportantRelease of OpenShift Serverless 1.24.0
- Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.24 openshift-serverless-1-tech-preview/eventing-kafka-broker-controller-rhel8, openshift-serverless-1-tech-preview/eventing-kafka-broker-dispatcher-rhel8, openshift-serverless-1-tech-preview/eventing-kafka-broker-receiver-rhel8 +35
- RHSA-2022:6042 Released 2022-08-10 · Red Hat rating ImportantRelease of OpenShift Serverless Client kn 1.24.0
- Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.0 openshift-serverless-clients-1.3.1-4.el8
- RHSA-2022:5068 Released 2022-08-10 · Red Hat rating ModerateOpenShift Container Platform 4.11.0 packages and security update
- Ironic content for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11 libsodium-1.0.16-5.el8, libsodium-devel-1.0.16-5.el8, libsodium-static-1.0.16-5.el8 +47
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11 afterburn-5.3.0-1.rhaos4.11.el8, atomic-openshift-service-idler-4.11.0-202206222028.p0.g39cfc66.assembly.stream.el8, bootupd-0.2.5-3.rhaos4.11.el8 +47
- RHSA-2022:5799 Released 2022-08-01 · Red Hat rating Importantgo-toolset and golang security and bug fix update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) go-toolset-1.17.12-1.el9_0, golang-1.17.12-1.el9_0, golang-bin-1.17.12-1.el9_0 +5
- RHSA-2022:5730 Released 2022-08-01 · Red Hat rating ModerateOpenShift Container Platform 4.10.25 bug fix and security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10 openshift4/cloud-network-config-controller-rhel8, openshift4/egress-router-cni-rhel8, openshift4/network-tools-rhel8 +47
- RHSA-2022:5729 Released 2022-08-01 · Red Hat rating ModerateOpenShift Container Platform 4.10.25 security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10 atomic-openshift-service-idler-4.10.0-202207192015.p0.g39cfc66.assembly.stream.el8, cri-o-1.23.3-11.rhaos4.10.gitddf4b1a.1.el7, cri-o-1.23.3-11.rhaos4.10.gitddf4b1a.1.el8 +10
- RHSA-2022:5337 Released 2022-06-30 · Red Hat rating Moderatego-toolset:rhel8 security and bug fix update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) delve-1.7.2-1.module+el8.6.0+12972+ebab5911.src::go-toolset:rhel8, delve-1.7.2-1.module+el8.6.0+12972+ebab5911.x86_64::go-toolset:rhel8, go-toolset-1.17.10-1.module+el8.6.0+15486+6d4da7db.aarch64::go-toolset:rhel8 +18
- RHSA-2022:5415 Released 2022-06-30 · Red Hat rating Moderatego-toolset-1.17 and go-toolset-1.17-golang security and bug fix update
- Red Hat Developer Tools for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) go-toolset-1.17-golang-1.17.10-1.el7_9, go-toolset-1.17-golang-bin-1.17.10-1.el7_9, go-toolset-1.17-golang-docs-1.17.10-1.el7_9 +4
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Migration Toolkit for Containers | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Serverless | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0 | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Service Mesh 2.1 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 4 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 5 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 2 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift on AWS | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Quay 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Storage 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Service Telemetry Framework 1.2 for RHEL 8 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Service Telemetry Framework 1.3 for RHEL 8 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| CNV 4.12 for RHEL 7 | Fixed | RHSA-2023:0407 |
| CNV 4.12 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2023:0407 |
| OpenShift Service Mesh 2.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2022:6277 |
| RHACS 3.72 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2022:6714 |
| RHODF 4.11 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2022:6156 |
| Red Hat Developer Tools for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) | Fixed | RHSA-2022:5415 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2022:5337 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2022:5799 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2022:5729, RHSA-2022:5730 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11 | Fixed | RHSA-2022:5068 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.0 | Fixed | RHSA-2022:6042 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.24 | Fixed | RHSA-2022:6040 |
Not affected: 10 products
- Ironic content for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11
- OpenShift Service Mesh 2.1
- RHACS 3.72 for RHEL 8
- RHODF 4.11 for RHEL 8
- Red Hat Developer Tools for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11
- Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 2
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-24921
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6685-ffxp-xm6f
References
Advisory 5
Sources
- CVE-2022-24921 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-24921 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6685-ffxp-xm6f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-24921 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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