MEDIUM 5.5 Microsoft
CVE-2022-40896
A ReDoS issue was discovered in pygments/lexers/smithy.py in pygments through 2.15.0 via SmithyLexer.
Microsoft Security Update 2026-Aug: A ReDoS issue was discovered in pygments/lexers/smithy.py in pygments through 2.15.0 via SmithyLexer.
Affected Products
- azl3 python-pygments 2.4.2-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 python-pygments 2.7.4-2 on Azure Linux 3.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-40896
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40896
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 was published on 2026-08-06 via Microsoft. Affected: azl3 python-pygments 2.4.2-1 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 python-pygments 2.7.4-2 on Azure Linux 3.0.
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