CVE-2024-21538 HIGH

CVE-2024-21538

Vendor N/A
Product cross-spawn
Weakness CWE-1333
Published November 8, 2024
Last update May 20, 2025
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CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 8, 2024 CVE published
May 20, 2025 Record updated