Ring is a Clojure web applications library inspired by Python's WSGI and Ruby's Rack. Prior to 1.15.5, `wrap-nested-params` in the `ring.middleware.nested-params` namespace uses a backtracking regular expression to match parameter names from URL query strings and HTTP request bodies. An attacker can craft a parameter name that drives quadratic O(n^2) matching work, causing regular-expression denial of service in applications using the middleware. `Ring-Defaults` users are also exposed because nested-params is enabled by default. Applications omitting the middleware do not expose this parsing path. This issue is fixed in version 1.15.5.
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Ring is a Clojure web applications library inspired by Python's WSGI and Ruby's Rack. Prior to 1.15.5, `wrap-nested-params` in the `ring.middleware.nested-params` namespace uses a backtracking regular expression to match parameter names from URL query strings and HTTP request bodies. An attacker can craft a parameter name that drives quadratic O(n^2) matching work, causing regular-expression denial of service in applications using the middleware. `Ring-Defaults` users are also exposed because nested-params is enabled by default. Applications omitting the middleware do not expose this parsing path. This issue is fixed in version 1.15.5.
Title Ring's nested-params middleware has inefficient regular expression complexity
Weaknesses CWE-1333
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-10-30T20:34:42.963Z

Updated: 2026-11-02T15:05:18.669Z

Reserved: 2026-07-14T21:10:50.032Z

Link: CVE-2026-62864

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-11-02T15:04:35.805Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-30T21:17:14.693

Modified: 2026-11-02T19:34:23.993

Link: CVE-2026-62864

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-10-30T20:34:42Z

Links: CVE-2026-62864 - Bugzilla