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CVE-2026-61619: coreruleset · ReDoS

Affects corerulesetSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High · fixed in 4.28.0 : patch coreruleset soon.

Data as of 11 Nov 2026, 17:51 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (GitHub_M)CVSS 4.08.8
Patch
Available – fixed in 4.28.0, 4.25.1, 3.3.10
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 11 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 11 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade coreruleset to 4.28.0, 4.25.1 or 3.3.10.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
corerulesetcorerulesetAffected
  • <4.28.0
Fixed in
  • 4.28.0
corerulesetcorerulesetAffected
  • <4.25.1
Fixed in
  • 4.25.1
corerulesetcorerulesetAffected
  • <3.3.10
Fixed in
  • 3.3.10

AI-suggested

This vulnerability has been patched in OWASP CRS versions 3.3.10, 4.25.1, and 4.28.0. Users should upgrade to one of these fixed versions to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation actions are required beyond applying the official fixes.

Description

CVE-2026-61619 is a high-severity vulnerability in the OWASP Core Rule Set (CRS) affecting versions prior to 3.3.10, 4.25.1, and 4.28.0. It involves inefficient regular expression complexity leading to a regular-expression denial of service (ReDoS) condition. An unauthenticated attacker can send a crafted request that triggers excessive backtracking in PCRE2, causing the regex engine to exceed its backtracking limit. This results in an error from the regex operator, which bypasses detection and causes CPU denial of service. The issue has been fixed in the specified versions.

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