BREW-SQLPARSE-CVE-2023-30608 (CVE-2023-30608)

Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 17:40 – Updated: 2026-09-10 01:21 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Parser contains an inefficient regular expression in sqlparse
Details

sqlparse is a non-validating SQL parser module for Python. In affected versions the SQL parser contains a regular expression that is vulnerable to ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service). This issue was introduced by commit e75e358. The vulnerability may lead to Denial of Service (DoS). This issues has been fixed in sqlparse 0.4.4 by commit c457abd5f. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
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  "details": "sqlparse is a non-validating SQL parser module for Python. In affected versions the SQL parser contains a regular expression that is vulnerable to ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service). This issue was introduced by commit `e75e358`. The vulnerability may lead to Denial of Service (DoS). This issues has been fixed in sqlparse 0.4.4 by commit `c457abd5f`. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.",
  "id": "BREW-sqlparse-CVE-2023-30608",
  "modified": "2026-09-10T01:21:20Z",
  "published": "2026-08-13T17:40:23Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00017.html"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00022.html"
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    {
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      "url": "https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Regular_expression_Denial_of_Service_-_ReDoS"
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    {
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      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/30xxx/CVE-2023-30608.json"
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30608"
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  "summary": "Parser contains an inefficient regular expression in sqlparse",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-30608",
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    "PYSEC-2023-87"
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}



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