regex v1.5.5 Release Notes
Release Date: 2022-03-08 // about 2 years ago-
🚀 This releases fixes a security bug in the regex compiler. This bug permits a vector for a denial-of-service attack in cases where the regex being compiled is untrusted. There are no known problems where the regex is itself trusted, including in cases of untrusted haystacks.
- 🔒 SECURITY #GHSA-m5pq-gvj9-9vr8: Fixes a bug in the regex compiler where empty sub-expressions subverted the existing mitigations in place to enforce a size limit on compiled regexes. The Rust Security Response WG published an advisory about this: https://groups.google.com/g/rustlang-security-announcements/c/NcNNL1Jq7Yw