CVE-2026-11478
LowCVSS 3.3Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs
Summary
A flaw in kokke tiny-regex-c up to commit f2632c6d9ed25272987471cdb8b70395c2460bdb. The matchstar function in re.c (Pattern Handler component) causes inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack requires local access. The exploit has been published.
Risk Assessment
An attacker could cause excessive CPU resource consumption, leading to slowdown or denial of service in applications using this library.
Recommendation
It is recommended to avoid using this library in production environments or apply temporary mitigations such as limiting regular expression execution time.
Original NVD description (English source)
A flaw has been found in kokke tiny-regex-c up to f2632c6d9ed25272987471cdb8b70395c2460bdb. This vulnerability affects the function matchstar of the file re.c of the component Pattern Handler. This manipulation causes inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been published and may be used. This product adopts a rolling release strategy to maintain continuous delivery. Therefore, version details for affected or updated releases cannot be specified. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.