Riganti DotVVM ReDoS in routing engine

Severity: high · CVSS 8.2 · Published 2026-06-19

A vulnerability in the DotVVM web framework's routing system can allow an attacker to crash or slow down a web application. By sending a specially crafted web request to a site using specific URL patterns, an attacker can trigger a 'Regular Expression Denial of Service' (ReDoS), exhausting server resources and making the site unavailable to legitimate users. This affects applications that use multiple unconstrained parameters in their URL routes.

Quick answers

Is This vulnerability exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of This vulnerability being exploited in the wild.
How severe is This vulnerability?
High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.2, published 19 June 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
riganti DotVVM < 4.2.11, > 4.3.0-preview01-final, < 4.3.15, >= 5.0.0-preview01-final, < 5.0.0-preview09-final.
Is there a fix for This vulnerability?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is This vulnerability attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
Am I affected?
Check whether anything you run is named in the advisory. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability exists in the DotVVM routing engine (CWE-1333). The flaw is triggered when a route is defined with multiple unconstrained parameters in a single segment (e.g., "{a}-{b}-{c}") without being separated by a slash. An attacker can provide a long string of characters (such as 32,000 dashes) that causes the backtracking regex engine to consume excessive CPU cycles while attempting to match the route. Patches introduce a 1-second timeout for regex operations; upon timeout, the system attempts to switch to a non-backtracking engine or returns an HTTP 503 error. Fixes are available in versions 4.2.11, 4.3.15, and 5.0.0-preview09.

Affected products

  • riganti DotVVM < 4.2.11, > 4.3.0-preview01-final, < 4.3.15, >= 5.0.0-preview01-final, < 5.0.0-preview09-final

Timeline

  • 2026-06-18: disclosed
  • 2026-06-19: advisory

References

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