Description
JLine is a Java library for handling console input. From 3.0.0 until 3.30.15 and 4.3.1, the JLine built-in less viewer passes user-controlled search and display-filter patterns from getPattern(boolean doDisplayPattern) in builtins/src/main/java/org/jline/builtins/Less.java directly to Java's backtracking regular expression engine and repeatedly applies them to file content. A nested-quantifier expression evaluated against non-matching lines can consume excessive CPU and indefinitely block the session thread, and repeated sessions in Telnet or SSH deployments can exhaust a bounded worker pool. This issue is fixed in versions 3.30.15 and 4.3.1.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| jline | jline3 | >= 3.0.0, < 3.30.15, >= 4.0.0, < 4.3.1 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | jline3 | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | jline3 | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | jline3 | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | jline +2 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | jline +2 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | jline +2 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | jline +2 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | jline +1 | No fix yet | — |
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | jline +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | jline +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | jline +1 | No fix yet | — |
References
- https://github.com/jline/jline3/security/advisories/GHSA-2v9w-34q6-wpqx
- https://github.com/jline/jline3/pull/2012
- https://github.com/jline/jline3/pull/2018
- https://github.com/jline/jline3/commit/1d5fc3099e77938b971e197211cad2d4fbb17541
- https://github.com/jline/jline3/commit/341ee69ccc57b7733c1b40d6993219b64b3206ae
- https://github.com/jline/jline3/releases/tag/4.3.1
- https://github.com/jline/jline3/releases/tag/jline-3.30.15