CVE-2025-6998

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6998
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-6998.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-6998
Aliases
Published
2025-07-24T20:15:27Z
Modified
2025-07-28T15:27:15.642796Z
Summary
[none]
Details

ReDoS in stripwhitespaces() function in cps/stringhelper.py in Calibre Web and Autocaliweb allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause denial of service via specially crafted username parameter that triggers catastrophic backtracking during login. This issue affects Calibre Web: 0.6.24 (Nicolette); Autocaliweb: from 0.7.0 before 0.7.1.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/gelbphoenix/autocaliweb

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/gelbphoenix/autocaliweb
Events

Affected versions

v0.*

v0.7.0