Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in cross-spawn
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.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm package | cross-spawn | >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.5, < 6.0.6 | 7.0.5, 6.0.6 |
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
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-1333- Platform
- npm
- Package
cross-spawn- Disclosed
- 08.11.2024
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-3xgq-45jj-v275 - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: cross-spawn
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