Security advisory

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  "id": "1dc0df271210cf42c608449fb983a67013b1b5680baf83716dfee18368ed1ea3",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38285",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-38285",
    "summary": "Trustwave ModSecurity 3.x before 3.0.10 has Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-38285",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-38285",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-modsecurity-2023-38285",
        "BIT-modsecurity2-2023-38285",
        "CVE-2023-38285"
      ],
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              "repo": "https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity",
              "type": "GIT",
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                {
                  "fixed": "ccc2d9b53632fb5088673bbaafedf0d8d4b5f1d8"
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              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:owasp:modsecurity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.0.0"
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                      {
                        "fixed": "3.0.10"
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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              }
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          ],
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            "v3.0.7",
            "v3.0.6",
            "v3.0.5",
            "v3.0.4",
            "v3.0.3",
            "v3.0.2",
            "v3.0.1",
            "v3.0.0"
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
        },
        {
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              "database_specific": {
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:owasp:modsecurity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.0.0"
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                      {
                        "fixed": "3.0.10"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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                ]
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            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v3.0.9",
            "v3.0.8",
            "v3.0.7",
            "v3.0.6",
            "v3.0.5",
            "v3.0.4",
            "v3.0.3",
            "v3.0.2",
            "v3.0.1",
            "v3.0.0"
          ],
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:39.812258698Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/security-resources/software-updates/end-of-sale-and-trustwave-support-for-modsecurity-web-application-firewall/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38285.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38285",
        "https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/modsecurity-v3-dos-vulnerability-in-four-transformations-cve-2023-38285/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38285.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-38285",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 507314,
  "published_at": "2023-07-26T00:00:00+00:00"
}