ghsa-3xgq-45jj-v275
Vulnerability from github
Published
2024-11-08 06:30
Modified
2025-05-19 19:56
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.7 (High) - CVSS: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
Summary
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in cross-spawn
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "cross-spawn"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "7.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.0.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "cross-spawn"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.0.6"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-21538"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-1333"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-11-15T22:25:53Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-11-08T05:15:06Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-3xgq-45jj-v275",
  "modified": "2025-05-19T19:56:26Z",
  "published": "2024-11-08T06:30:47Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21538"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/issues/165"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/pull/160"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/commit/5ff3a07d9add449021d806e45c4168203aa833ff"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/commit/640d391fde65388548601d95abedccc12943374f"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/commit/d35c865b877d2f9ded7c1ed87521c2fdb689c8dd"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-8366349"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CROSSSPAWN-8303230"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS: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",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in cross-spawn"
}


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