High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 16, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2025-61581
CVE-2025-61581
Description
UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity vulnerability in Apache Traffic Control.
This issue affects Apache Traffic Control: all versions.
People with access to the management interface of the Traffic Router component could specify malicious patterns and cause unavailability.
As this project is retired, we do not plan to release a version that fixes this issue. Users are recommended to find an alternative or restrict access to the instance to trusted users.
NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/v8Go | <= 8.0.2 | — |
Affected products
5- ghsa-coords3 versionspkg:golang/github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/v8pkg:rpm/opensuse/govulncheck-vulndb&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/govulncheck-vulndb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0
<= 8.0.2+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: <= 8.0.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.0.20251105T184115-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1
0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 0
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:traffic_control:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=8.0.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- github.com/advisories/GHSA-9m49-p2j3-c6xmghsaADVISORY
- lists.apache.org/thread/mx2jxgnlop2f4vbqnvmrldh4pqmobxvpnvdMailing ListVendor AdvisoryWEB
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61581ghsaADVISORY
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/16/3nvdWEB
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