Vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) Issue in Previous Versions of @eslint/plugin-kit

CVE-2024-21539

What is CVE-2024-21539?

The @eslint/plugin-kit package is susceptible to a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability owing to improper input sanitization in versions prior to 0.2.3. This vulnerability allows an attacker to manipulate input data to generate inefficient regex operations, significantly increasing CPU usage. As a consequence, applications utilizing this plugin can experience unresponsive behavior or may crash outright, impacting overall system stability and performance.

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