CVE-2022-40896
CVSS v3
5.5
MEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.5 %
exploit probability, as of 2026-10-19
CISA KEV
No
known exploited
Exploitation
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SSVC status
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Affected and fixed versions
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
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Packages
- pygmentsPyPIall versions · fixed in 2.15.1
Vendor advisories
pygments: ReDoS in pygments
aap-cloud-metrics-collector-container as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 · python-pygments.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · python-pygments.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Security Advisory: Satellite 6.15.0 release
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 Container Release Security and Bug Fix Update
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 Product Security and Bug Fix Update
Description
A ReDoS issue was discovered in pygments/lexers/smithy.py in pygments through 2.15.0 via SmithyLexer.
Technical details
- Published
- 2023-07-19
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