CVE-2024-21538

HIGH EPSS 54.4%
Published Nov 8, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
7.7 CVSS 4.0
High
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Published Nov 8, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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 Details

Base Score
7.7
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
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/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
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
54.4% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-1333

References 5

  • github.com https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/commit/5ff3a07d9add449021d806e45c4168203aa833ff
  • github.com https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/commit/640d391fde65388548601d95abedccc12943374f
  • github.com https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/pull/160
  • security.snyk.io https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-8366349
  • security.snyk.io https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CROSSSPAWN-8303230

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.