PyPI/waitress CVE-2020-5236: medium 5.7, EPSS 2.36%
Catastrophic backtracking in regex allows Denial of Service in Waitress
Action: Upgrade waitress to 1.4.3 or later.
pip install waitress==1.4.3Affected
| introduced | fixed | last affected |
|---|---|---|
| 1.4.2 | 1.4.3 | - |
Fixed versions
| 1.4.3 |
Sources
- osv: GHSA-73m2-3pwg-5fgc
- https://github.com/Pylons/waitress/security/advisories/GHSA-73m2-3pwg-5fgc
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5236
- https://github.com/Pylons/waitress/commit/6e46f9e3f014d64dd7d1e258eaf626e39870ee1f
- https://github.com/Pylons/waitress
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/waitress/PYSEC-2020-155.yaml
CVE-2020-5236 · published · modified · JSON