CVE-2025-6998

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  3. CVE-2025-6998
ReDoS in strip_whitespaces() function in cps/string_helper.py in Calibre Web and Autocaliweb allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause denial of service via specially crafted username parameter that triggers catastrophic backtracking during login. This issue affects Calibre Web: 0.6.24 (Nicolette); Autocaliweb: from 0.7.0 before 0.7.1.
CVSS

No CVSS.

References
Link Resource
https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/megadeth
https://github.com/gelbphoenix/autocaliweb
https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web
Configurations

No configuration.

History

25 Jul 2025, 14:15

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Summary (en) ReDoS in strip_whitespaces() function in cps/string_helper.py in Calibre Web and Autocaliweb allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause denial of service via specially crafted username parameter that triggers catastrophic backtracking during login.This issue affects Calibre Web: 0.6.24; Autocaliweb: from 0.7.0 before 0.7.1. (en) ReDoS in strip_whitespaces() function in cps/string_helper.py in Calibre Web and Autocaliweb allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause denial of service via specially crafted username parameter that triggers catastrophic backtracking during login. This issue affects Calibre Web: 0.6.24 (Nicolette); Autocaliweb: from 0.7.0 before 0.7.1.

25 Jul 2025, 13:15

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Summary (en) ReDoS in strip_whitespaces() function in cps/string_helper.py in janeczku Calibre Web 0.6.24 (Nicolette) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause denial of service via specially crafted username parameter that triggers catastrophic backtracking during login. ReDoS in strip_whitespaces() function in cps/string_helper.py in gelbphoenix Autocaliweb 0.7.0 on allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause denial of service via specially crafted username parameter that triggers catastrophic backtracking during login. (en) ReDoS in strip_whitespaces() function in cps/string_helper.py in Calibre Web and Autocaliweb allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause denial of service via specially crafted username parameter that triggers catastrophic backtracking during login.This issue affects Calibre Web: 0.6.24; Autocaliweb: from 0.7.0 before 0.7.1.

24 Jul 2025, 20:15

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New CVE
Information

Published : 2025-07-24 20:15

Updated : 2025-07-25 15:29

NVD link : CVE-2025-6998

Mitre link : CVE-2025-6998

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-6998

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE
CWE-1333

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity