2021-03-16-1: Regular expression Denial of Service

unknown Affects brotkrueml/codehighlight. Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29.

Regular expression Denial of Service

Package
brotkrueml/codehighlight Composer
Affected versions
<2.5.0
Fixed in
2.5.0
Severity
unknown
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV
Source
friendsofphp

References

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