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CVE-2023-30608

Published: Apr 18, 2023

Modified: Nov 3, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.5

MEDIUM

Description

sqlparse is a non-validating SQL parser module for Python. In affected versions the SQL parser contains a regular expression that is vulnerable to ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service). This issue was introduced by commit `e75e358`. The vulnerability may lead to Denial of Service (DoS). This issues has been fixed in sqlparse 0.4.4 by commit `c457abd5f`. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Vendor	Product	Versions
andialbrecht	sqlparse	affected `>= 0.1.15, < 0.4.4`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

https://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse/security/advisories/GHSA-rrm6-wvj7-cwh2

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse/commit/c457abd5f097dd13fb21543381e7cfafe7d31cfb

x_refsource_MISC

https://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse/commit/e75e35869473832a1eb67772b1adfee2db11b85a

x_refsource_MISC

https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Regular_expression_Denial_of_Service_-_ReDoS

x_refsource_MISC

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00017.html

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