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TI-2023-08971 Aliases CVE-2023-22799GHSA-23c2-gwp5-pxw9

Uncontrolled resource consumption in https://github.com/rails/globalid

Priority LOW 35CWE-400Published · 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: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

A ReDoS based DoS vulnerability in the GlobalID <1.0.1 which could allow an attacker supplying a carefully crafted input can cause the regular expression engine to take an unexpected amount of time. All users running an affected release should either upgrade or use one of the workarounds immediately.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01049 64th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial globalid (RubyGems): 1.0.1Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—https://github.com/rails/globalid1.0.1—No fix listedCNA
—globalid (RubyGems)0.2.1 to before 1.0.11.0.1Patch availableGHSA-23c2-gwp5-pxw9
  • https://github.com/rails/globalid Vendor— Affected 1.0.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • globalid (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected 0.2.1 to before 1.0.1 Fixed in 1.0.1 Patch available GHSA-23c2-gwp5-pxw9

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:globalid:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*0.2.1 to before 1.0.1VulnerableRails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:globalid:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* Versions 0.2.1 to before 1.0.1 Vulnerable ·Rails

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-23c2-gwp5-pxw9 globalid (RubyGems) Fixed in 1.0.1 Advisory →

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2023:6818 Released 2023-11-08 · Red Hat rating Important
    Satellite 6.14 security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8 foreman-3.7.0.9-1.el8sat, foreman-cli-3.7.0.9-1.el8sat, foreman-debug-3.7.0.9-1.el8sat +33

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2023:6818
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-22799
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-23c2-gwp5-pxw9

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 4

Sources

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