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ReDoS in Open Mercato

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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.

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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2026-16270
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
7 Nov 2026, 05:47 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

ReDoS in Open Mercato

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 Jul 2026, 12:37 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2026-16270
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-16270",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "ReDoS in Open Mercato",
    "summary": "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.",
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