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CVE-2026-0668 Detail

Description

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki - VisualData Extension allows Regular Expression Exponential Blowup.This issue affects MediaWiki - VisualData Extension: 1.45.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I4ff2737c9f0ba805267d1fc8296e7cff61241ee3 wikimedia-foundation
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I893a9fca694a2613e29e149dea2d76d7f06063e5 wikimedia-foundation
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ie08d9a8ceb2c9a22a635cfc27964353f14072dbf wikimedia-foundation
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ifbf9c2ade621226e14fe852f3217293772bf8bb8 wikimedia-foundation
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T387008 wikimedia-foundation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity wikimedia-foundation  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-0668
NVD Published Date:
01/07/2026
NVD Last Modified:
01/08/2026
Source:
wikimedia-foundation