CVE-2020-36661 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2020-36661

Kong lua-multipart multipart.lua is_header redos

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability was found in Kong lua-multipart 0.5.8-1. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function is_header of the file src/multipart.lua. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. Upgrading to version 0.5.9-1 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as d632e5df43a2928fd537784a99a79dec288bf01b. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-220642 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • VulDB GitHub Commit Analyzer

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

lua-multipart
Vulnerable Versions:
0.5.8-1

Timeline

Official Publish: February 12th, 2023
Last Modified: March 24th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)