CVE-2024-21538
Node.js Cross-Spawn ReDoS Vulnerability
Description
Versions of the package cross-spawn before 6.0.6, from 7.0.0 and 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 :
May 20, 2025, 3:16 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2024-21538 has a 21 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2024-21538
vulnerability.
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No affected product recoded yet
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2024-21538.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2024-21538 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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Cyber Security News
Splunk Address Third-Party Packages Vulnerabilities in SOAR Versions – Update Now
Splunk has released critical security updates addressing multiple vulnerabilities in third-party packages in SOAR versions 6.4.0 and 6.4. Published on July 7, 2025, this comprehensive security update ... Read more
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.
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CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
May. 20, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CWE CWE-1333 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 19, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed 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. Versions of the package cross-spawn before 6.0.6, from 7.0.0 and 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 CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X -
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
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-21538 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-21538
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