CVE-2026-111714
tarteaucitron.js before 1.37.0 ReDoS via Unescaped Cookie Name in cookie.purge
tarteaucitron.js before 1.37.0 contains a regular expression denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to block visitor pages by supplying unescaped cookie names to cookie.purge. Attackers can plant a cookie from a sibling subdomain or inject a purgeBtn element with a catastrophic-backtracking data-cookie pattern that freezes the page when the purge button is clicked.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
2.3
tarteaucitron.js before 1.37.0 ReDoS via Unescaped Cookie Name in cookie.purge
tarteaucitron.js before 1.37.0 contains a regular expression denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to block visitor pages by supplying unescaped cookie names to cookie.purge. Attackers can plant a cookie from a sibling subdomain or inject a purgeBtn element with a catastrophic-backtracking data-cookie pattern that freezes the page when the purge button is clicked.
- Record
CVE-2026-111714- CVSS 4.0
- 2.3 Low
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-103006
2.3
tarteaucitron.js before 1.37.0 contains a regular expression denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to block visitor pages by supplying unescaped cookie names to cookie.purge. Attackers can plant a cookie from a sibling subdomain or inject a purgeBtn element with a catastrophic-backtracking data-cookie pattern that freezes the page when the purge button is clicked.
- Record
EUVD-2026-103006- CVSS 4.0
- 2.3 Low
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h33v-xq5w-v2mw
2.3
tarteaucitron.js before 1.37.0 contains a regular expression denial of service vulnerability that...
tarteaucitron.js before 1.37.0 contains a regular expression denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to block visitor pages by supplying unescaped cookie names to cookie.purge. Attackers can plant a cookie from a sibling subdomain or inject a purgeBtn element with a catastrophic-backtracking data-cookie pattern that freezes the page when the purge button is clicked.
- Record
GHSA-h33v-xq5w-v2mw- CVSS 4.0
- 2.3 Low
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
2.3
tarteaucitron.js before 1.37.0 contains a regular expression denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to block visitor pages by supplying unescaped cookie names to cookie.purge. Attackers can plant a cookie from a sibling subdomain or inject a purgeBtn element with a catastrophic-backtracking data-cookie pattern that freezes the page when the purge button is clicked.
- Record
CVE-2026-111714- CVSS 4.0
- 2.3 Low
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
2.3
tarteaucitron.js before 1.37.0 ReDoS via Unescaped Cookie Name in cookie.purge
tarteaucitron.js before 1.37.0 contains a regular expression denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to block visitor pages by supplying unescaped cookie names to cookie.purge. Attackers can plant a cookie from a sibling subdomain or inject a purgeBtn element with a catastrophic-backtracking data-cookie pattern that freezes the page when the purge button is clicked.
- Record
CVE-2026-111714- CVSS 4.0
- 2.3 Low
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-111714 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.3) in Amauric Tarteaucitron.js, published October 16, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.22%, the 12th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/AmauriC/tarteaucitron.js/commit/60faaba5fd541cad770549d422fc4ac7de657e56
github.com/AmauriC/tarteaucitron.js/releases/tag/v1.37.0
github.com/AmauriC/tarteaucitron.js/blob/v1.36.0/tarteaucitron.js
vulncheck.com/advisories/tarteaucitron-js-before-1.37.0-redos-via-unescaped-cookie-name-in-cookie-purge
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111714
github.com/advisories/GHSA-h33v-xq5w-v2mw
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/111xxx/CVE-2026-111714.json
github.com/AmauriC/tarteaucitron.js