Name: CVE-2024-21538: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2024-11-08T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2024-21538, CWE-1333, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.00868

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 4.0 Base Score: 7.7 (HIGH)
CVSS 4.0 Vector: (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X)
CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade npm	Aug 8, 2025	Nov 8, 2024
Amazon_linux_2023	—	Upgrade nodejs-develUpgrade nodejs-libs-debuginfoUpgrade nodejsUpgrade nodejs-libsUpgrade nodejs20-libsUpgrade v8-10.2-develUpgrade nodejs-debugsourceUpgrade nodejs-docsUpgrade nodejs20-docsUpgrade nodejs-npmUpgrade nodejs-debuginfoUpgrade nodejs20-debuginfoUpgrade nodejs-full-i18nUpgrade nodejs20-debugsourceUpgrade v8-11.3-develUpgrade nodejs20-full-i18nUpgrade nodejs20-npmUpgrade nodejs20-libs-debuginfoUpgrade nodejs20-develUpgrade nodejs20	Feb 17, 2025	Nov 8, 2024
Atlassian Jira	—	Upgrade to the latest version of Atlassian JIRA	Jan 21, 2026	Jan 20, 2026
Redhat Openshift	—	Upgrade rhcos	Aug 17, 2026	Nov 8, 2024
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Nov 8, 2024
Suse	—	Upgrade nodejs18Upgrade python311-pytestUpgrade corepack18Upgrade python311-pytest-covUpgrade nodejs20Upgrade python311-botocoreUpgrade corepack22Upgrade nodejs18-docsUpgrade nodejs20-develUpgrade corepack20Upgrade npm18Upgrade python311-boto3Upgrade nodejs22-develUpgrade python311-pytest-mockUpgrade nodejs22-docsUpgrade nodejs22Upgrade velociraptorUpgrade python311-coverageUpgrade nodejs18-develUpgrade system-user-velociraptorUpgrade nodejs20-docsUpgrade npm20Upgrade python311-flakyUpgrade python311-pluggyUpgrade npm22Upgrade aws-cliUpgrade velociraptor-client	Dec 5, 2025	Dec 10, 2024

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CVSS Details

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