Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting rubygem-did_you_mean package, versions <0:1.2.0-111.module+el8.9.0+1536+5f79634e


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.45% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-RUBYGEMDIDYOUMEAN-16080938
  • published16 Apr 2026
  • disclosed31 Mar 2023

Introduced: 31 Mar 2023

CVE-2023-28756  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1333  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 rubygem-did_you_mean to version 0:1.2.0-111.module+el8.9.0+1536+5f79634e or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2023:7025.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygem-did_you_mean package and not the rubygem-did_you_mean package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A ReDoS issue was discovered in the Time component through 0.2.1 in Ruby through 3.2.1. The Time parser mishandles invalid URLs that have specific characters. It causes an increase in execution time for parsing strings to Time objects. The fixed versions are 0.1.1 and 0.2.2.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1