Description
Thumbor is an open-source photo thumbnail service by globo.com. Prior to 7.8.0, the convolution filter regular expression performs exponential backtracking on crafted repeated numeric input, allowing a URL request to exhaust processing time. This issue is fixed in 7.8.0.
Published: 2026-07-31
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-5vjc-7cxw-4w6j Thumbor has Regex Denial of Service (ReDoS) in `convolution` filter
History

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Thumbor
Thumbor thumbor
Vendors & Products Thumbor
Thumbor thumbor

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Thumbor is an open-source photo thumbnail service by globo.com. Prior to 7.8.0, the convolution filter regular expression performs exponential backtracking on crafted repeated numeric input, allowing a URL request to exhaust processing time. This issue is fixed in 7.8.0.
Title Thumbor has Regex Denial of Service (ReDoS) in `convolution` filter
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-31T23:31:37.588Z

Reserved: 2026-06-09T17:05:25.059Z

Link: CVE-2026-53504

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-31T23:31:31.629Z

cve-icon NVD

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-02T20:32:16Z

Weaknesses