CWE-185: Incorrect Regular Expression

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The product specifies a regular expression in a way that causes data to be improperly matched or compared.

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When the regular expression is used in protection mechanisms such as filtering or validation, this may allow an attacker to bypass the intended restrictions on the incoming data.

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