CVE-2021-32848 HIGH

CVE-2021-32848: Octobox ReDoS vulnerability

Vendor Octobox
Product octobox
Weakness CWE-770 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
Published February 20, 2023
Last update March 10, 2025
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CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Octobox is software for managing GitHub notifications. Prior to pull request (PR) 2807, a user of the system can provide a specifically crafted search query string that will trigger a ReDoS vulnerability. This issue is fixed in PR 2807.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 20, 2023 CVE published
March 10, 2025 Record updated