Low 3.3Published Jun 7, 2026

CVE-2026-11478kokke tiny-regex-c Pattern re.c matchstar redos

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 1:10 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

A flaw has been found in kokke tiny-regex-c up to f2632c6d9ed25272987471cdb8b70395c2460bdb. This vulnerability affects the function matchstar of the file re.c of the component Pattern Handler. This manipulation causes inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been published and may be used. This product adopts a rolling release strategy to maintain continuous delivery. Therefore, version details for affected or updated releases cannot be specified. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

CVSS: 3.3 LOW (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
Weakness (CWE): CWE-1333, CWE-400
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulDB
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Jun 8, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

kokke tiny-regex-c kokke:tiny-regex-c	f2632c6d9ed25272987471cdb8b70395c2460bdb	CNA record

References

References

https://vuldb.com/vuln/369098	vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/vuln/369098/cti	signature, permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-11478	third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/submit/833966	third-party-advisory
https://github.com/kokke/tiny-regex-c/issues/100	issue-tracking
https://github.com/user-attachments/files/28046213/tiny-regex-c-redos-poc.zip	exploit
https://github.com/kokke/tiny-regex-c/	product

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