PT-2021-19969

CVE-2021-32838

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Published

2021-09-08

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Updated

2026-10-14

Description by

CVSS 4.0
8.7
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Flask-RESTX versions prior to 0.5.1
Description The issue is related to a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability in the email regex of Flask-RESTX. This vulnerability can be exploited, potentially leading to a denial of service.
Recommendations For versions prior to 0.5.1, update to version 0.5.1 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the email regex until a patch is available.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Related identifiers
GHSA-3Q6G-VF58-7M4G
MGASA-2021-0473
PYSEC-2021-325
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