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Description
ModSecurity is an open source, cross platform web application firewall (WAF) engine for Apache, IIS and Nginx. From 3.0.5 until 3.0.17, the PCRE2 implementation of @rxGlobal in src/utils/regex.cc converts pcre2_match match-limit errors into an ordinary no-match result instead of propagating a non-OK RegexResult. When attacker-controlled input exhausts SecPcreMatchLimit, rules that rely on MSC_PCRE_LIMITS_EXCEEDED or its TX compatibility indicator do not run, so a request that should be rejected can pass through the WAF. The issue affects PCRE2 deployments that use @rxGlobal with a limit-exhaustible expression and a compensating rule; it is not a universal WAF bypass. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.17.
Exploits & detection
No public PoC or detection template found yet.
Timeline
- Published: 05 Nov 2026
- Last modified upstream: 09 Nov 2026
Sources & licenses
- CVE / CVSS / CWE
- NVD record ↗ (unmodified). This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. CVE® © The MITRE Corporation.
- Exploitation
- CISA KEV (CC0) · EPSS by FIRST.org
- References used for the analysis
- https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/commit/d92bdc3b2183824ba3c582154b7385ee8349ea7e
- https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/releases/tag/v3.0.17
- https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/security/advisories/GHSA-5m93-4h75-3p2w
- https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/security/advisories/GHSA-5m93-4h75-3p2w
- Analysis, summary and remediation
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