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CVE-2024-21538

Published: Nov 8, 2024Updated: Jul 28, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-1333
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.9%
Top 44.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-1333

Affected Products

Novell Inc.
commercial·US
openSUSE TumbleweedOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP ApplicationsOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance ComputingOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
OpenSUSE LeapOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web ScriptingOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka red hat
Red Hat OpenShift Container PlatformOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Advanced Cluster SecurityOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Openshift Service MeshOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
NPM, Inc.
commercial
cross-spawn
OSS Libraries
АО «Экзософт»
commercial·RUaka ao ekzosoft, экзософт
VMmanager 6Mixed
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
Node.js Foundation
oss-project·USaka nodejs foundation, node foundation
Node.jsLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries
npm
package-ecosystem
cross-spawn
OSS Libraries
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

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References

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