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Regular Expression operation email address regex does not support IPv4 domains #2150

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Describe the bug
The builtin regex for matching email addresses is invalid leading to bugs when parsing specific types of email addresses.

Note: The is bug only affects the built in regex pattern, not the email address extractor.

Incorrect:

value: "(?:[\\u00A0-\\uD7FF\\uE000-\\uFFFFa-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+(?:\\.[\\u00A0-\\uD7FF\\uE000-\\uFFFFa-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+)*|\"(?:[\\x01-\\x08\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x1f\\x21\\x23-\\x5b\\x5d-\\x7f]|\\[\\x01-\\x09\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x7f])*\")@(?:(?:[\\u00A0-\\uD7FF\\uE000-\\uFFFFa-z0-9](?:[\\u00A0-\\uD7FF\\uE000-\\uFFFF-a-z0-9-]*[\\u00A0-\\uD7FF\\uE000-\\uFFFFa-z0-9])?\\.)+[\\u00A0-\\uD7FF\\uE000-\\uFFFFa-z0-9](?:[\\u00A0-\\uD7FF\\uE000-\\uFFFFa-z0-9-]*[\\u00A0-\\uD7FF\\uE000-\\uFFFFa-z0-9])?|\\[(?:(?:(2(5[0-5]|[0-4][0-9])|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9]?[0-9]))\\.){3}\\])"

Correct regex:

regex = /(?:[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFFa-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+(?:\.[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFFa-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+)*|"(?:[\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x21\x23-\x5b\x5d-\x7f]|\\[\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x7f])*")@(?:(?:[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFFa-z0-9](?:[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFFa-z0-9-]*[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFFa-z0-9])?\.)+[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFFa-z0-9](?:[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFFa-z0-9-]*[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFFa-z0-9])?|\[(?:(?:(2(5[0-5]|[0-4][0-9])|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9]?[0-9]))\.){3}(?:(2(5[0-5]|[0-4][0-9])|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9]?[0-9]))\])/ig;

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behaviour or a link to the recipe / input used to cause the bug:

  1. Go to cyberchef
  2. Add a Regular expression recipe
  3. Select Email addresses builtin regex
  4. Try some repro examples.

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Expected behaviour

Email addresses is not truncated in the input
false_positive@[1.2.3.] is not matched
false_negative@[1.2.3.4] is matched

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Desktop (if relevant, please complete the following information):

  • OS: -
  • Browser: Firefox
  • CyberChef version: 10.19.4

Additional context
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  • The email recipe was fixed earlier this year, but this additional email pattern was missed.
  • Could we consider adding ipv6 support instead of just ipv4 email addresses?

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