HAPI FHIR is a complete implementation of the HL7 FHIR standard for healthcare interoperability in Java. Prior to 6.9.10, the fix for CVE-2026-45367 incompletely patched the DSTU2 module, leaving FHIRPathEngine.matches() in org.hl7.fhir.dstu2/utils/FHIRPathEngine.java to call raw String.matches(sw) without RegexTimeout protection while replaceMatches() was updated, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to trigger catastrophic regex backtracking and exhaust server CPU. This issue is fixed in version 6.9.10.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-fxj4-p9xp-37v5 HAPI FHIR: Incomplete fix for CVE-2026-45367: DSTU2 FHIRPathEngine.matches() missing RegexTimeout protection allows ReDoS
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Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Hapifhir
Hapifhir hl7 Fhir Core
Vendors & Products Hapifhir
Hapifhir hl7 Fhir Core

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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Description HAPI FHIR is a complete implementation of the HL7 FHIR standard for healthcare interoperability in Java. Prior to 6.9.10, the fix for CVE-2026-45367 incompletely patched the DSTU2 module, leaving FHIRPathEngine.matches() in org.hl7.fhir.dstu2/utils/FHIRPathEngine.java to call raw String.matches(sw) without RegexTimeout protection while replaceMatches() was updated, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to trigger catastrophic regex backtracking and exhaust server CPU. This issue is fixed in version 6.9.10.
Title HAPI FHIR: DSTU2 FHIRPathEngine.matches() missing RegexTimeout protection allows ReDoS
Weaknesses CWE-1333
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-09T12:59:00.576Z

Reserved: 2026-06-16T22:10:37.608Z

Link: CVE-2026-55470

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-09T12:58:43.001Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-07-08T21:27:34Z

Links: CVE-2026-55470 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-26T16:45:03Z

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