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Fencer Vulns
low 3.5

CVE-2020-36661 json

Kong lua-multipart multipart.lua is_header redos

published 2023-02-12 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-24106

cvss
3.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability was found in Kong lua-multipart 0.5.8-1. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function is_header of the file src/multipart.lua. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. Upgrading to version 0.5.9-1 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as d632e5df43a2928fd537784a99a79dec288bf01b. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-220642 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Patch / fix

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
19 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 3.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CNA 3.0 3.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CNA 2.0 2.7 AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Kong lua-multipart

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

References

Sources

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