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    CVE-2024-21538

    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.

    Published:Nov 8, 2024
    Last Modified:Apr 15, 2026
    EPS:Nov 8, 2024
    EPSS Score:0.00067
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Cross-spawn
    Product
    Cross-spawn
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Advanced Cluster Security
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Discovery
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift Ai
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift Data Foundation
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift Devspaces
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhdh
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhmt
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Service Mesh
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Trusted Artifact Signer
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Trusted Profile Analyzer

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-492 Regular Expression Exponential Blowup

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
    None
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