Embedchain up to 0.1.56 JSON Loader json.py redos

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Embedchain up to 0.1.56. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file json.py of the component JSON Loader. Executing a manipulation can lead to redos. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-23732. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Embedchain up to 0.1.56. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the file json.py of the component JSON Loader. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a redos vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-1333. The product uses a regular expression with an inefficient, possibly exponential worst-case computational complexity that consumes excessive CPU cycles. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

The JSON loader in Embedchain before 0.1.57 allows a ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) via a long string to json.py.

The weakness was disclosed 01/22/2024. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-23732 since 01/21/2024. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1449.003.

Upgrading to version 0.1.57 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Name

• Embedchain

Version

• 0.1.0
• 0.1.1
• 0.1.2
• 0.1.3
• 0.1.4
• 0.1.5
• 0.1.6
• 0.1.7
• 0.1.8
• 0.1.9
• 0.1.10
• 0.1.11
• 0.1.12
• 0.1.13
• 0.1.14
• 0.1.15
• 0.1.16
• 0.1.17
• 0.1.18
• 0.1.19
• 0.1.20
• 0.1.21
• 0.1.22
• 0.1.23
• 0.1.24
• 0.1.25
• 0.1.26
• 0.1.27
• 0.1.28
• 0.1.29
• 0.1.30
• 0.1.31
• 0.1.32
• 0.1.33
• 0.1.34
• 0.1.35
• 0.1.36
• 0.1.37
• 0.1.38
• 0.1.39
• 0.1.40
• 0.1.41
• 0.1.42
• 0.1.43
• 0.1.44
• 0.1.45
• 0.1.46
• 0.1.47
• 0.1.48
• 0.1.49
• 0.1.50
• 0.1.51
• 0.1.52
• 0.1.53
• 0.1.54
• 0.1.55
• 0.1.56

Website

• Product: https://github.com/embedchain/embedchain/

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