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Set Global timeout for Regexp to prevent ReDOS

Aboobacker MK requested to merge redos_protection into master

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Set Global timeout for Regexp to prevent ReDOS

Ruby version 3.2 and above provides global configuration to prevent ReDoS by setting timeout. While we should still avoid writing vulnerable regular expressions, this will significantly reduce the attack surface.

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