GHSA-3xgq-45jj-v275

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    GHSA-3xgq-45jj-v275

    Published: 8 Nov 2024Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in cross-spawn

    Details: 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.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21538, https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/issues/165, https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/pull/160, https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/commit/5ff3a07d9add449021d806e45c4168203aa833ff, https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/commit/640d391fde65388548601d95abedccc12943374f, https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/commit/d35c865b877d2f9ded7c1ed87521c2fdb689c8dd, https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn, https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-8366349, https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CROSSSPAWN-8303230

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cross-spawn

    Purl: pkg:npm/cross-spawn

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 7.0.0
    Fixed -7.0.5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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