HighGHSA-3xgq-45jj-v275CVE-2024-21538
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in cross-spawn
Published 8 Nov 2024 · Updated 10 Sept 2026
Affected packages
cross-spawnnpm
- Affected
- >=7.0.0 <7.0.5
- Fixed in
- 7.0.5
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:
npm install cross-spawn@7.0.5cross-spawnnpm
- Affected
- <6.0.6
- Fixed in
- 6.0.6
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:
npm install cross-spawn@6.0.6Details
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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References
- Advisorynvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21538
- Linkgithub.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/issues/165
- Linkgithub.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/pull/160
- Linkgithub.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/commit/5ff3a07d9add449021d806e45c4168203aa833ff
- Linkgithub.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/commit/640d391fde65388548601d95abedccc12943374f
- Linkgithub.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/commit/d35c865b877d2f9ded7c1ed87521c2fdb689c8dd
- Packagegithub.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn
- Linksecurity.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-8366349
- Linksecurity.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CROSSSPAWN-8303230
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