CVE-2026-11478A flaw has been found in kokke tiny-regex-c up to f2632c6d9ed25272987471cdb8b70395c2460bdb.
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A flaw has been found in kokke tiny-regex-c up to f2632c6d9ed25272987471cdb8b70395c2460bdb. This vulnerability affects the function matchstar of the file re.c of the component Pattern Handler. This manipulation causes inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been published and may be used. This product adopts a rolling release strategy to maintain continuous delivery. Therefore, version details for affected or updated releases cannot be specified. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
- CVSS
- 3.3 LOW (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-400, CWE-1333
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Jul 23, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
No affected products are listed yet.
References
- https://github.com/kokke/tiny-regex-c/
- https://github.com/kokke/tiny-regex-c/issues/100
- https://github.com/user-attachments/files/28046213/tiny-regex-c-redos-poc.zip
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-11478
- https://vuldb.com/submit/833966
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/369098
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/369098/cti
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