GHSA-5239-wwwm-4pmq
LOWGHSA-5239-wwwm-4pmq is a low-severity (CVSS 3.3) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in pygments. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-5239-wwwm-4pmq is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
Pygments has Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to Inefficient Regex for GUID Matching
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Description
A security flaw has been discovered in pygments before 2.20.0. The impacted element is the function AdlLexer of the file pygments/lexers/archetype.py. The manipulation results in inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | pygments | all versions | 2.20.0 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for pygments. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update pygments to 2.20.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-5239-wwwm-4pmq is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-5239-wwwm-4pmq is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-5239-wwwm-4pmq. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-5239-wwwm-4pmq in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-5239-wwwm-4pmq across PyPI dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.