Headline
GHSA-9m49-p2j3-c6xm: Apache Traffic Control has an Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity vulnerability
*** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED *** Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity vulnerability in Apache Traffic Control.
This issue affects Apache Traffic Control: all versions.
People with access to the management interface of the Traffic Router component could specify malicious patterns and cause unavailability.
As this project is retired, it is not planned to release a version that fixes this issue. Users are recommended to find an alternative or restrict access to the instance to trusted users.
NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
- GitHub Advisory Database
- GitHub Reviewed
- CVE-2025-61581
Apache Traffic Control has an Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity vulnerability
Low severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 16, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Oct 16, 2025
Package
gomod github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/v8 (Go)
Affected versions
<= 8.0.2
*** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ***
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity vulnerability in Apache Traffic Control.
This issue affects Apache Traffic Control: all versions.
People with access to the management interface of the Traffic Router component could specify malicious patterns and cause unavailability.
As this project is retired, it is not planned to release a version that fixes this issue. Users are recommended to find an alternative or restrict access to the instance to trusted users.
NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61581
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/mx2jxgnlop2f4vbqnvmrldh4pqmobxvp
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Oct 16, 2025
Last updated
Oct 16, 2025