CVE-2023-45813

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in TorBot

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 18, 2023 at 08:26 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:29 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsValidatorsTorbotTorBot

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Torbot is an open source tor network intelligence tool. In affected versions the `torbot.modules.validators.validate_link function` uses the python-validators URL validation regex. This particular regular expression has an exponential complexity which allows an attacker to cause an application crash using a well-crafted argument. An attacker can use a well-crafted URL argument to exploit the vulnerability in the regular expression and cause a Denial of Service on the system. The validators file has been removed in version 4.0.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 4.0.0
Affected range stops below 4.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 4.0.0
Affected range stops below 4.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-1333

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