VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-42836
GJSON before 1.9.3 allows a ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) attack.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.42%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
GJSON before 1.9.3 allows a ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) attack.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.42% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- gjson project/gjson
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/tidwall/gjson/commit/590010fdac311cc8990ef5c97448d4fec8f29944Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tidwall/gjson/commit/77a57fda87dca6d0d7d4627d512a630f89a91c96Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tidwall/gjson/compare/v1.9.2...v1.9.3Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tidwall/gjson/issues/236Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tidwall/gjson/issues/237Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tidwall/gjson/commit/590010fdac311cc8990ef5c97448d4fec8f29944Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tidwall/gjson/commit/77a57fda87dca6d0d7d4627d512a630f89a91c96Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tidwall/gjson/compare/v1.9.2...v1.9.3Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tidwall/gjson/issues/236Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tidwall/gjson/issues/237Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.