CVE-2020-6817
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CVE-2020-6817 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. bleach.clean behavior parsing style attributes could result in a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS). Calls to bleach.clean with an allowed tag with an allowed style attribute are vulnerable to ReDoS. EPSS estimates a 0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
bleach.clean behavior parsing style attributes could result in a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS). Calls to bleach.clean with an allowed tag with an allowed style attribute are vulnerable to ReDoS. For example, bleach.clean(..., attributes={'a': ['style']}).
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Bleach | < 3.1.4 |
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1623633Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1623633Exploit, Issue Tracking
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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