Vulnerability · Published Oct 16, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-111714tarteaucitron.js before 1.37.0 ReDoS via Unescaped Cookie Name in cookie.purge
Low 3.1
In plain English
A low-severity regular-expression denial of service in tarteaucitron.js from AmauriC. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 12% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
tarteaucitron.js before 1.37.0 contains a regular expression denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to block visitor pages by supplying unescaped cookie names to cookie.purge. Attackers can plant a cookie from a sibling subdomain or inject a purgeBtn element with a catastrophic-backtracking data-cookie pattern that freezes the page when the purge button is clicked.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| AmauriC | tarteaucitron.js | 0 – before 1.37.0 |
Weakness: CWE-1333 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
References
- https://github.com/AmauriC/tarteaucitron.js/commit/60faaba5fd541cad770549d422fc4ac7de657e56 patch
- tarteaucitron.js v1.37.0 Release Notes release-notes
- https://github.com/AmauriC/tarteaucitron.js/blob/v1.36.0/tarteaucitron.js#L2169-L2175 technical-description
- VulnCheck Advisory: tarteaucitron.js before 1.37.0 ReDoS via Unescaped Cookie Name in cookie.purge third-party-advisory