A ReDoS issue was discovered in the URI component through 0.12.0 in Ruby through 3.2.1. The URI parser mishandles invalid URLs that have specific characters. It causes an increase in execution time for parsing strings to URI objects. The fixed versions are 0.12.1, 0.11.1, 0.10.2 and 0.10.0.1.
CVE-2023-28755
“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.
This medium-severity CVE scores 5.3 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 2.6% (85th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). No GitHub Security Advisory CVSS is on record for this CVE.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.3
- EG Score
- 5.3MEDIUMmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 40EG Risk 40/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity53% × 45%Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 5.3 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.Exploitation2.6% × 40%FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.Automatability100% × 15%CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 2.6%
- EPSS %ILE
- 85th
- KEV
- Not listed
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (5.3): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.3 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.NVD CVSS v3 · CVSS v3.0 or v3.1
- EG Likelihood
- 2.6% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-17). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.
In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
Published
March 31, 2023
Last Modified
November 4, 2025
References (15)
- MITRE · CVE Programhttps://github.com/ruby/uri/releases/Release Notes
- MITRE · CVE Programhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00033.htmlMailing List · Third Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/27LUWREIFTP3MQAW7QE4PJM4DPAQJWXF/
- MITRE · CVE Programhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FFZANOQA4RYX7XCB42OO3P24DQKWHEKA/
- MITRE · CVE Programhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G76GZG3RAGYF4P75YY7J7TGYAU7Z5E2T/
- MITRE · CVE Programhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QA6XUKUY7B5OLNQBLHOT43UW7C5NIOQQ/
- MITRE · CVE Programhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WMIOPLBAAM3FEQNAXA2L7BDKOGSVUT5Z/
- MITRE · CVE Programhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-27
- MITRE · CVE Programhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230526-0003/Third Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttps://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/releases/Release Notes
- MITRE · CVE Programhttps://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2022/12/25/ruby-3-2-0-released/Release Notes
- MITRE · CVE Programhttps://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2023/03/28/redos-in-uri-cve-2023-28755/Vendor Advisory
- CVE Programhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00000.html
- CVE Programhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00015.html
- CVE Programhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/27LUWREIFTP3MQAW7QE4PJM4DPAQJWXF/
Patch Availability(13)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | ruby2.3-doc (2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16+esm5) @ xenial | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | ruby2.3-doc (2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16+esm6) @ xenial | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | ruby-rubygems (3.6.3-1ubuntu0.1) @ plucky | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | libruby2.7 (2.7.0-5ubuntu1.11) @ focal | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | ruby3.1-dev (3.1.2-6ubuntu0.23.04.1) @ lunar | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | libruby2.5 (2.5.1-1ubuntu1.16+esm1) @ bionic | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| redhat | ruby-0:3.0.7-162.el9_4 | 2024-06-11 | redhat |
| redhat | ruby:3.0-8100020240522072634.489197e6 | 2024-05-30 | redhat |
| redhat | ruby:3.1-9030020240320163942.9 | 2024-04-01 | redhat |
| redhat | ruby:3.1-8090020240311122605.a75119d5 | 2024-03-19 | redhat |
| redhat | ruby:2.5-8090020230627084142.b46abd14 | 2023-11-14 | redhat |
| redhat | ruby:2.7-8080020230427102918.63b34585 | 2023-06-27 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-ruby27-ruby-0:2.7.8-132.el7 | 2023-05-24 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(23 across 17 ecosystems)
Debian:12(3)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| jruby | 10.1.1.0+ds-1~exp1 ... 9.4.8.0+ds-3 (14 versions) |
| — |
| ruby3.1 | 3.1.2-7 ... 3.1.2-8.5 (8 versions) |
| — |
| rubygems | 3.3.15-2 |
| — |
Debian:10(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| jruby | 9.1.17.0-3 |
| — |
| ruby2.5 | 2.5.5-3, 2.5.5-3+deb10u1, 2.5.5-3+deb10u2, 2.5.5-3+deb10u3, 2.5.5-3+deb10u4 |
| — |
Debian:11(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| ruby2.7 | 2.7.4-1, 2.7.4-1+deb11u1 |
| — |
| rubygems | 3.2.5-2 |
| — |
Debian:13(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| jruby | — |
| — |
| rubygems | — |
| — |
Debian:14(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| jruby | — |
| — |
| rubygems | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| ruby | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.15(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| ruby | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.16(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| ruby | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.17(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| ruby | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.18(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| ruby | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.19(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| ruby | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.20(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| ruby | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.21(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| ruby | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.22(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| ruby | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.23(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| ruby | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.24(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| ruby | — |
| — |
RubyGems(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| uri | 0.10.0 |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
(13)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2023:3291MODERATE2023-03-21
RHSA-2023:3291 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:3821MODERATE2023-03-21
RHSA-2023:3821 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:7025MODERATE2023-03-21
RHSA-2023:7025 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:1431MODERATE2023-03-21
RHSA-2024:1431 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:1576MODERATE2023-03-21
RHSA-2024:1576 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:3500MODERATE2023-03-21
RHSA-2024:3500 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:3838MODERATE2023-03-21
RHSA-2024:3838 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-6055-1MEDIUM
Ruby vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6055-2MEDIUM
Ruby regression
- UbuntuUSN-6087-1MEDIUM
Ruby vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6181-1MEDIUM
Ruby vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6219-1MEDIUM
Ruby vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-7735-1MEDIUM
RubyGems vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 33× in last 30d)
Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.
Showing the most recent 91 of 192 refreshes on record for this CVE.
A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 9 repeat rows among the latest 100 are merged into the row they repeat. The 101 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.
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