CVE-2024-21503

MEDIUM

black < 24.3.0 - Denial of Service via Inefficient Regular Expression in strings.py

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Versions of the package black before 24.3.0 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the lines_with_leading_tabs_expanded function in the strings.py file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious input that causes a denial of service. Exploiting this vulnerability is possible when running Black on untrusted input, or if you habitually put thousands of leading tab characters in your docstrings.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0097
EPSS Percentile 57.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-1333 CWE-75
Status published
Products (2)
n/a/black < 24.3.0
pypi/black 0 - 24.3.0PyPI
Published Mar 19, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026