ReDoS based DoS vulnerability in GlobalID
There is a ReDoS based DoS vulnerability in the GlobalID gem. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2023-22799.
Versions Affected: >= 0.2.1 Not affected: NOTAFFECTED Fixed Versions: 1.0.1
Impact
There is a possible DoS vulnerability in the model name parsing section of the GlobalID gem. Carefully crafted input can cause the regular expression engine to take an unexpected amount of time. All users running an affected release should either upgrade or use one of the workarounds immediately.
Releases
The FIXED releases are available at the normal locations.
Workarounds
There are no feasible workarounds for this issue.
Patches
To aid users who aren’t able to upgrade immediately we have provided patches for the two supported release series. They are in git-am format and consist of a single changeset.
1-0-model-name-redos.patch - Patch for 1.0 series
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable Versions | Patched Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubygems |
globalid
|
>= 0.2.1, < 1.0.1 |
1.0.1
|
Bump the bundler group across 1 directory with 10 updates
Open 11 months agoBump the bundler group across 1 directory with 7 updates
Open about 1 year agoBump the bundler group across 1 directory with 11 updates
Open about 1 year agoBump the bundler group across 1 directory with 4 updates
Open about 1 year agoBump the bundler group across 1 directory with 17 updates
Closed about 1 year agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Merged over 1 year agoBump the bundler group across 5 directories with 13 updates
Merged about 2 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.2.1
Closed almost 3 years agoBuild(deps): Bump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.2.1
Closed about 3 years agoBump globalid from 0.4.2 to 1.1.0
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.1.0
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.1.0
Closed over 3 years agobuild(deps): bump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.1.0
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Merged over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Open over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1 in /wurfl_cloud_client_example
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Open over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Merged over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Open over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Open over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Open over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Open over 3 years agochore(deps): bump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Open over 3 years agoBump globalid from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
Closed over 3 years agoActions
Advisory Details
| Published: | January 18, 2023 over 3 years ago |
| Updated: | September 24, 2026 19 days ago |
| EPSS: | 1.05% 63th percentile |
| Source: | Github |
| Classification: | GENERAL |
| UUID: | GSA_kwCzR0hTQS0yM2MyLWd3cDUtcHh3Oc4AAxDr |
PR Statistics
References
- https://github.com/rails/globalid/releases/tag/v1.0.1
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/globalid/CVE-2023-22799.yml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22799
- https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-22799-possible-redos-based-dos-vulnerability-in-globalid/82127
- https://github.com/rails/globalid/commit/4a75ecbfd73a8e92e32a1723b81a17e3136bd8fc
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-23c2-gwp5-pxw9