CVE-2026-16270
ReDoS in Open Mercato
Open Mercato does not validate regex rules. An attacker with privileges to create the regex rule can add an unsafe regex to a field. When someone provide the proper string it can result in a DoS attack.
This issue was fixed in version 0.6.4.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
ReDoS in Open Mercato
Open Mercato does not validate regex rules. An attacker with privileges to create the regex rule can add an unsafe regex to a field. When someone provide the proper string it can result in a DoS attack.
This issue was fixed in version 0.6.4.
- Record
CVE-2026-16270- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-47649
Open Mercato does not validate regex rules. An attacker with privileges to create the regex rule can add an unsafe regex to a field. When someone provide the proper string it can result in a DoS attack.
This issue was fixed in version 0.6.4.
- Record
EUVD-2026-47649- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gchv-qq48-9rjw
Open Mercato does not validate regex rules. An attacker with privileges to create the regex rule...
Open Mercato does not validate regex rules. An attacker with privileges to create the regex rule can add an unsafe regex to a field. When someone provide the proper string it can result in a DoS attack.
This issue was fixed in version 0.6.4.
- Record
GHSA-gchv-qq48-9rjw- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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 - Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Open Mercato does not validate regex rules. An attacker with privileges to create the regex rule can add an unsafe regex to a field. When someone provide the proper string it can result in a DoS attack.
This issue was fixed in version 0.6.4.
- Record
CVE-2026-16270- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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 - Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
ReDoS in Open Mercato
Open Mercato does not validate regex rules. An attacker with privileges to create the regex rule can add an unsafe regex to a field. When someone provide the proper string it can result in a DoS attack.
This issue was fixed in version 0.6.4.
- Record
CVE-2026-16270- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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-2026-16270 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.9) in Open Mercato Mercato, published July 22, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.48%, the 41st percentile. No source names a fixed version.