Medium

A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability exists in gaizhenbiao/chuanhuchatgpt, as of commit 20b2e02. The server uses the regex pattern `r'<[^>]+>'` to parse user input. In Python's

  • Disclosed: 20.03.2025
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:19

A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability exists in gaizhenbiao/chuanhuchatgpt, as of commit 20b2e02. The server uses the regex pattern r'<[^>]+>' to parse user input. In Python's default regex engine, this pattern can take polynomial time to match certain crafted inputs. An attacker can exploit this by uploading a malicious JSON payload, causing the server to consume 100% CPU for an extended period. This can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition, potentially affecting the entire server.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) chuanhuchatgpt <= 2024-09-19 no fix

References

CVSS score 6.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
-
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
chuanhuchatgpt
Disclosed
20.03.2025
Updated
11.10.2026 12:19

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2025-94 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: chuanhuchatgpt

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (21) in the archive
Total entries
21
First → latest
04.2024 03.2025
Without a fix
21
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 4
  • High 9
  • Medium 8

Disclosures per year

  1. 2024: 12
  2. 2025: 9
  3. 2026: 0
Severity:
  1. A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability exists in gaizhenbiao/chuanhuchatgpt, as of commit 20b2e02. The server uses the regex pattern `r'<[^>]+>'` to parse user input. In Python's this entry
    Medium · 6.5 CVE-2024-10955 <= 2024-09-19 no fix

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