Bug 1921304 (CVE-2021-26271) - CVE-2021-26271 ckeditor: Regular expression denial of service via crafted text into the Styles input
Summary: CVE-2021-26271 ckeditor: Regular expression denial of service via crafted tex...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2021-26271
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2021-01-27 20:59 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2021-10-28 05:29 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: ckeditor 4.16
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Last Closed: 2021-10-28 05:29:02 UTC
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2021-01-27 20:59:47 UTC 
It was possible to execute a ReDoS-type attack inside CKEditor 4 before 4.16 by persuading a victim to paste crafted text into the Styles input of specific dialogs (in the Advanced Tab for Dialogs plugin).

https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/blob/major/CHANGES.md#ckeditor-416
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