VYPR
High severityOSV Advisory· Published Jul 17, 2026· Updated Jul 20, 2026

HAPI FHIR: ReDoS via FHIRPath matches()/replaceMatches() in FHIR Validator HTTP Endpoint

CVE-2026-49485

Description

HAPI FHIR is a complete implementation of the HL7 FHIR standard for healthcare interoperability in Java. Prior to 6.9.9 and 6.9.4.2, all implementations of FHIRPathEngine accept arbitrary FHIRPath expressions and evaluate them without input validation, and the FHIRPath functions matches(), matchesFull(), and replaceMatches() pass user-controlled regular expressions to Java's Pattern.compile() and String.replaceAll() through an incomplete timeout utility. An attacker can send a resource containing an evil regex pattern that causes catastrophic backtracking, exhausting CPU resources and causing denial of service in the FHIR Validator HTTP endpoint and affected org.hl7.fhir.* modules. This issue is fixed in versions 6.9.9 and 6.9.4.2.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.dstu2Maven
>= 6.9.5, < 6.9.96.9.9
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.dstu2016mayMaven
>= 6.9.5, < 6.9.96.9.9
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.dstu3Maven
>= 6.9.5, < 6.9.96.9.9
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.r4Maven
>= 6.9.5, < 6.9.96.9.9
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.r4bMaven
>= 6.9.5, < 6.9.96.9.9
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.r5Maven
>= 6.9.5, < 6.9.96.9.9
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.validationMaven
>= 6.9.5, < 6.9.96.9.9
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.validation.cliMaven
>= 6.9.5, < 6.9.96.9.9
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.dstu2Maven
< 6.9.4.26.9.4.2
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.dstu2016mayMaven
< 6.9.4.26.9.4.2
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.dstu3Maven
< 6.9.4.26.9.4.2
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.r4Maven
< 6.9.4.26.9.4.2
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.r4bMaven
< 6.9.4.26.9.4.2
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.r5Maven
< 6.9.4.26.9.4.2
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.validationMaven
< 6.9.4.26.9.4.2
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.validation.cliMaven
< 6.9.4.26.9.4.2

Affected products

2
  • 6.9.8, 6.9.4.1, 6.9.4, …+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: 6.9.8, 6.9.4.1, 6.9.4, …
    • (no CPE)range: <6.9.9 and <6.9.4.2

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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