CVE-2021-32848 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0038.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

octobox

octobox

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2807`	affected	< 2807

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:octobox_project:octobox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Octobox Project Subscribe	Octobox Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-19580	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/octobox/octobox/blob/372a0da981dbf47319fed4116364118fdf09fcc3/lib/search_parser.rb#L5
https://github.com/octobox/octobox/pull/2807
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2021-100-octobox-octobox/

History

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-02-20T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-10T21:09:27.855Z

Reserved: 2021-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-32848

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T23:33:56.081Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-20T17:15:11.957

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:07:52.620

Link: CVE-2021-32848

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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