7.5
HIGH
CVE-2024-21538
Node.js Cross-Spawn ReDoS Vulnerability
Description

Versions of the package cross-spawn before 7.0.5 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to improper input sanitization. An attacker can increase the CPU usage and crash the program by crafting a very large and well crafted string.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 8, 2024, 5:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 19, 2024, 2:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2024-21538 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

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No affected product recoded yet

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None

JavaScript Python TypeScript Shell C# Perl PHP Java ANTLR HTML

Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago
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Born at : Nov. 1, 2024, 9:49 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-21538 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 19, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Snyk https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-8366349 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Nov. 08, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Versions of the package cross-spawn before 7.0.5 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to improper input sanitization. An attacker can increase the CPU usage and crash the program by crafting a very large and well crafted string.
    Added Reference Snyk https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CROSSSPAWN-8303230 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Snyk https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/pull/160 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Snyk https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/commit/640d391fde65388548601d95abedccc12943374f [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Snyk https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/commit/5ff3a07d9add449021d806e45c4168203aa833ff [No types assigned]
    Added CWE Snyk CWE-1333
    Added CVSS V3.1 Snyk AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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