Upstream information
Description
Regexp2 is a feature-rich RegExp engine for Go. Prior to version 2.3.0, when regexp2 compiles and matches a pattern containing a large fixed-count quantifier applied to a zero-width subexpression - e.g. (?:){50000000} - the match engine executes the empty loop body m-1 times, pushing two integers onto the backtracking stack on every iteration. Because the parser accepts any repetition count up to math.MaxInt32 and the backtracking stack grows without bound, a pattern of fewer than 20 bytes matched against an empty input can force multi-gigabyte allocation and OOM-kill the process. MatchTimeout does not fully mitigate this because the memory is allocated faster than the 100 ms timeout clock can fire. This issue has been patched in version 2.3.0.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Pending
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| CVSS detail | CNA (GitHub) | SUSE |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.5 | 5.9 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low | High |
| Privileges Required | None | None |
| User Interaction | None | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | None | None |
| Integrity Impact | None | None |
| Availability Impact | High | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 | 3.1 |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under general support and receiving all security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | mcphost | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | velociraptor | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | mcphost | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | velociraptor | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 | mcphost | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | mcphost | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | velociraptor | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 16.1 | velociraptor | Affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Nov 6 13:52:33 2026CVE page last modified: Fri Nov 6 15:48:09 2026