Vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) Issue in Previous Versions of @eslint/plugin-kit
CVE-2024-21539

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
eslint
Status
@eslint/plugin-kit
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 November 2024

Summary

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.

Affected Version(s)

@eslint/plugin-kit 0 < 0.2.3

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Rongchen Li
.