CVE-2021-23392

Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

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Published Jun 8, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed

Description

The package locutus before 2.0.15 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the gopher_parsedir function.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

locutus

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 2.0.15

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:locutus:locutus:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-1253	The package locutus before 2.0.15 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the gopher_parsedir function.
Github GHSA	GHSA-39q4-p535-c852	Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in locutus

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.9% (1.936% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/locutusjs/locutus/commit/eb863321990e7e5514aa14f68b8d9978ece9e65e
https://github.com/locutusjs/locutus/pull/446
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-LOCUTUS-1090597

History

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Subscriptions

Locutus Locutus

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 5:08 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: snyk
Published: Jun 8, 2021, 7:45 AM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 5:08 PM
Reserved: Jan 8, 2021, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:38 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 8, 2021, 8:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:38 AM

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