Bug 2555850 (CVE-2026-112300) - CVE-2026-112300 configobj: configobj: Denial of Service via inefficient regular expression evaluation
Summary: CVE-2026-112300 configobj: configobj: Denial of Service via inefficient regul...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-112300
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Depends On: 2556201
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-10-19 20:52 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-20 14:37 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-19 20:52:51 UTC 
A vulnerability was identified in DiffSK configobj up to 5.0.9. Affected by this vulnerability is the function _sectionmarker of the file configobj/__init__.py. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
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