Bug 2349696 (CVE-2025-27220) - CVE-2025-27220 CGI: ReDoS in CGI::Util#escapeElement
Summary: CVE-2025-27220 CGI: ReDoS in CGI::Util#escapeElement
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-27220
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Depends On: 2357518
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-03-04 00:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-05-06 02:27 UTC (History)
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2025:4063 0 None None None 2025-04-22 02:18:12 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2025:4487 0 None None None 2025-05-06 02:15:14 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2025:4488 0 None None None 2025-05-06 02:27:56 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-03-04 00:01:03 UTC 
In the CGI gem before 0.4.2 for Ruby, a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability exists in the Util#escapeElement method.
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2025-04-22 02:18:11 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2025:4063 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4063
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2025-05-06 02:15:13 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2025:4487 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4487
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2025-05-06 02:27:54 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2025:4488 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4488
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