CVE-2024-21538
HIGHcross-spawn < 6.0.6 and 7.0.0-7.0.5 - Regular Expression Denial of Service
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-8366349
Third Party Advisory
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CROSSSPAWN-8303230
Patch
https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/commit/5ff3a07d9add449021d806e45c4168203aa833ff
Patch
https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/commit/640d391fde65388548601d95abedccc12943374f
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/pull/160
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0087
EPSS Percentile
54.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-1333
Status
published
Products (4)
n/a/cross-spawn
< 6.0.6
n/a/cross-spawn
7.0.0 - 7.0.5
n/a/org.webjars.npm:cross-spawn
< 7.0.6
npm/cross-spawn
7.0.0 - 7.0.5npm
Published
Nov 08, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026