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