Regular expression denial of service in Pydantic < 2.4.0
Priority HIGH 66CWE-1333Published · 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, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-1333.
Summary
Regular expression denial of service in Pydanic < 2.4.0, < 1.10.13 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service via a crafted email string.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00957 61st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Pydantic (Pydantic): 2.4.0, 1.10.13pydantic (PyPI): 2.4.0, 1.10.13Red Hat: 1 advisory
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pydantic | Pydantic | 2.0 to before 2.4.0; 1.0 to before 1.10.13 | 2.4.0, 1.10.13 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | pydantic (PyPI) | 2.0.0 to before 2.4.0 | 2.4.0 | Patch available | GHSA-mr82-8j83-vxmv |
| — | pydantic (PyPI) | before 1.10.13 | 1.10.13 | Patch available | GHSA-mr82-8j83-vxmv |
- Pydantic Vendorpydantic Affected 2.0 to before 2.4.0; 1.0 to before 1.10.13 Fixed in 2.4.0, 1.10.13 Patch available CNA
- pydantic (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.4.0 Fixed in 2.4.0 Patch available GHSA-mr82-8j83-vxmv
- pydantic (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 1.10.13 Fixed in 1.10.13 Patch available GHSA-mr82-8j83-vxmv
CPE configurations NVD · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:pydantic:pydantic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 1.10.13; 2.0 to before 2.4.0 | Vulnerable | pydantic |
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 38 | Vulnerable | Fedoraproject |
- cpe:2.3:a:pydantic:pydantic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.10.13; 2.0 to before 2.4.0 Vulnerable ·pydantic
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 38 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Pydantic (Pydantic) Fixed in 2.4.0, 1.10.13
- Fix · GHSA-mr82-8j83-vxmv pydantic (PyPI) Fixed in 2.4.0 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-mr82-8j83-vxmv pydantic (PyPI) Fixed in 1.10.13 Advisory →
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2024:3781 Released 2024-06-10 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 Product Security and Bug Fix Update
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 automation-controller-venv-tower-4.5.7-1.el8ap, automation-hub-4.9.2-1.el8ap, python39-aiohttp-3.9.5-1.el8ap +25
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 automation-controller-venv-tower-4.5.7-1.el9ap, automation-hub-4.9.2-1.el9ap, python-aiohttp-3.9.5-1.el9ap +25
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:3781 |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:3781 |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-3772
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mr82-8j83-vxmv
References
Advisory 2
Other 4
- https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/commit/59d8f38fd6220e3917c53785dbc70317d6f8e631
- https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/commit/e4393ae6145c4dadff739990bb0116c6dec3441b
- https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6JBZLMSH4GAZOVBMT2JUO2LXHY7M2ALI
More Pydantic vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-10218 Use of "infinity" as an input to datetime and date fields causes infinite loop in pydantic CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2024-3772 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-3772 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mr82-8j83-vxmv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-3772 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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