Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Nov 9, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-42964
CVE-2022-42964
Description
An exponential ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) can be triggered in the pymatgen PyPI package, when an attacker is able to supply arbitrary input to the GaussianInput.from_string method
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
pymatgenPyPI | <= 2022.9.21 | — |
Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:a:materialsvirtuallab:pymatgen:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/pymatgen-redos-xray-257184/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-5jqp-885w-xj32ghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42964ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/materialsproject/pymatgen/issues/2755ghsaWEB
- research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/pymatgen-redos-xray-257184ghsaWEB
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