CVE-2023-32758 git-url-parse Regular Expression Denial of Service
Attackers can cause denial of service in Semgrep by providing malicious URLs in untrusted packages due to ReDoS in the giturlparse library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-32758?
CVE-2023-32758 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 May 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
giturlparse (aka git-url-parse) through 1.2.2, as used in Semgrep 1.5.2 through 1.24.1, is vulnerable to ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) if parsing untrusted URLs. This might be relevant if Semgrep is analyzing an untrusted package (for example, to check whether it accesses any Git repository at an http:// URL), and that package's author placed a ReDoS attack payload in a URL used by the package.
Weakness: CWE-1333
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-32758?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including git-url-parse. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
git-url-parse PyPI | All versions to 1.2.2 | None |
git-url-parse PyPI | All versions to 1.2.2 | None |
git-url-parse PyPI | All versions to 1.2.2 | None |
Products include Coala Git-Url-Parse.
How do I fix CVE-2023-32758?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-32758 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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Is CVE-2023-32758 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-32758 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4xqq-73wg-5mjp, PYSEC-2026-1404.