Description
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.
Published: 2026-10-19
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title DiffSK configobj __init__.py _sectionmarker redos
First Time appeared Diffsk
Diffsk configobj
Weaknesses CWE-1333
CWE-400
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:diffsk:configobj:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Diffsk
Diffsk configobj
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:ND/RL:ND/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X'}


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Diffsk Configobj
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-19T20:30:18.020Z

Reserved: 2026-10-19T14:04:49.020Z

Link: CVE-2026-112300

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-19T21:17:06.677

Modified: 2026-10-19T21:17:06.677

Link: CVE-2026-112300

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-1333

    Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

  • CWE-400

    Uncontrolled Resource Consumption