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CVE-2024-21538

HIGH

7.5

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.5

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published11/8/2024

Last Modified5/20/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-1333CWE-1333

References

https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/commit/5ff3a07d9add449021d806e45c4168203aa833ff(report@snyk.io)

https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/commit/640d391fde65388548601d95abedccc12943374f(report@snyk.io)

https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/pull/160(report@snyk.io)

https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-8366349(report@snyk.io)

https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CROSSSPAWN-8303230(report@snyk.io)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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