VulnerabilityDeferred
CVE-2024-21538
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.
HIGH 7.7EPSS 0.87%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.87%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 4.0
- 7.7 HIGHCVSS:4.0/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/M
- EPSS
- 0.87% probability · 57th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Source
- report@snyk.io
References
- https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/commit/5ff3a07d9add449021d806e45c4168203aa833ff
- https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/commit/640d391fde65388548601d95abedccc12943374f
- https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/pull/160
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-8366349
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CROSSSPAWN-8303230
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.