CVE-2022-28203: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A denial-of-service issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.6, 1.36.x before 1.36.4, and 1.37.x before 1.37.2. When many files exist, requesting Special:NewFiles with actor as a condition can result in a very long running query.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 10.0 only; version 11.0 only
• Mediawiki Mediawiki: before 1.35.6 (fixed in 1.35.6); from 1.36.0, before 1.36.4 (fixed in 1.36.4); from 1.37.0, before 1.37.2 (fixed in 1.37.2)

Published 2022-09-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.