# CVE-2026-0668: VisualData extension: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via crafted user input

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-01-07 · Updated: 2026-01-07

## Affected

- Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki - VisualData Extension: 1.45

## Description

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki - VisualData Extension allows Regular Expression Exponential Blowup.This issue affects MediaWiki - VisualData Extension: 1.45.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki - VisualData Extension, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T387008
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ie08d9a8ceb2c9a22a635cfc27964353f14072dbf
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ifbf9c2ade621226e14fe852f3217293772bf8bb8
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I893a9fca694a2613e29e149dea2d76d7f06063e5
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I4ff2737c9f0ba805267d1fc8296e7cff61241ee3

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