Regular expression built from user input detected.

• Rule ID: php_lang_regex_using_user_input
• Languages: php
• Source: regex_using_user_input.yml

Description

Applications should avoid constructing regular expressions from user input. Regular expressions can have exponential worst-case computational complexity, allowing users to trigger this behaviour can result in excessive CPU consumption causing a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS).

Remediations

❌ Avoid using untrusted or user data when building regular expressions

Resources

• OWASP ReDoS attacks explained

Associated CWE

• CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Configuration

To skip this rule during a scan, use the following flag

bearer scan /path/to/your-project/ --skip-rule=php_lang_regex_using_user_input

To run only this rule during a scan, use the following flag

bearer scan /path/to/your-project/ --only-rule=php_lang_regex_using_user_input