ReDoS in JetBrains YouTrack 2024.3 Helpdesk email header parse pre-2024.3.47707
CVE-2024-50574 Published on October 28, 2024
In JetBrains YouTrack before 2024.3.47707 potential ReDoS exploit was possible via email header parsing in Helpdesk functionality
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-50574 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a small impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a ReDoS Vulnerability?
The product uses a regular expression with an inefficient, possibly exponential worst-case computational complexity that consumes excessive CPU cycles. Some regular expression engines have a feature called "backtracking". If the token cannot match, the engine "backtracks" to a position that may result in a different token that can match. Backtracking becomes a weakness if all of these conditions are met:
CVE-2024-50574 has been classified to as a ReDoS vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-50574
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Affected Versions
JetBrains YouTrack:- Before 2024.3.47707 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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