DEBIAN-CVE-2021-26272

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Source

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-26272

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-26272.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-26272

Upstream

CVE-2021-26272

Published

2021-01-26T21:15:12Z

Modified

2026-09-01T20:04:25Z

Severity

6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

It was possible to execute a ReDoS-type attack inside CKEditor 4 before 4.16 by persuading a victim to paste crafted URL-like text into the editor, and then press Enter or Space (in the Autolink plugin).

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-26272

Affected packages

Debian:12 / ckeditor

Package

Name: ckeditor
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/ckeditor?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.16.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-26272.json"