GHSA-2g7m-ph9x-7q7m

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2g7m-ph9x-7q7m
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/07/GHSA-2g7m-ph9x-7q7m/GHSA-2g7m-ph9x-7q7m.json
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https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-2g7m-ph9x-7q7m
Aliases
Published
2025-07-24T21:30:39Z
Modified
2025-07-28T15:27:15.642796Z
Severity
  • 8.7 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Calibre Web and Autocaliweb have a ReDoS vulnerability
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.

Database specific
{
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-07-28T14:53:43Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-1333"
    ],
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-07-24T20:15:27Z"
}
References

Affected packages

PyPI / calibreweb

Package

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Last affected
0.6.24

Affected versions

0.*

0.6.12
0.6.13
0.6.14
0.6.15
0.6.16
0.6.17
0.6.18
0.6.19
0.6.20
0.6.21
0.6.22
0.6.23
0.6.24