CVE-2026-77423

Public on 2026-09-23
Modified on 2026-09-25
Description
JLine is a Java library for handling console input. From 3.0.0 until 3.30.15 and 4.3.1, the JLine built-in less viewer passes user-controlled search and display-filter patterns from getPattern(boolean doDisplayPattern) in builtins/src/main/java/org/jline/builtins/Less.java directly to Java's backtracking regular expression engine and repeatedly applies them to file content. A nested-quantifier expression evaluated against non-matching lines can consume excessive CPU and indefinitely block the session thread, and repeated sessions in Telnet or SSH deployments can exhaust a bounded worker pool. This issue is fixed in versions 3.30.15 and 4.3.1.
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview javapackages-bootstrap Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Core jline Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview jline Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 jline2 Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview jline2 Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H