Regular expression denial of service in Securly Chrome Extension
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service, Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-1333 and CWE-917.
Summary
Version 3.0.7 of the Securly Chrome Extension downloads config.json over HTTP and compiles server-provided patterns as JavaScript regular expressions via new RegExp() without complexity validation. An on-path attacker can inject specific patterns to cause catastrophic backtracking, resulting in denial of service on all browsing.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-8888
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7w3m-2pw9-mg8x
- 2026-10-25 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
Advisory 1
More Securly vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-07798 Hard-coded credentials in Securly Chrome Extension CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
- TI-2026-07801 Version 3.0.7 of the Securly Chrome Extension dynamically registers content13.min.js as a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-07811 Version 3.0.7 of the Securly Chrome Extension uses deprecated SHA-1 hashing for IWF CSAM… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-07803 Version 3.0.7 of the Securly Chrome Extension uses EVP_BytesToKey key derivation with MD5… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-07800 Version 3.0.7 of the Securly Chrome Extension exposes multiple publicly accessible… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-07796 Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in Securly Chrome Extension CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-8888 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-8888 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7w3m-2pw9-mg8x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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