CVE-2021-23429

Denial of Service (DoS)

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Published Aug 24, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

All versions of package transpile are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to a lack of input sanitization or whitelisting, coupled with improper exception handling in the .to() 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

transpile

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< unspecified

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:transpile_project:transpile:*:*:*:*:*: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-2021-2010	All versions of package transpile are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to a lack of input sanitization or whitelisting, coupled with improper exception handling in the .to() function.
Github GHSA	GHSA-7xrj-f5rp-j55h	Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in transpile

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

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: 1.0% (1.016% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/stealjs/transpile/blob/56aaeb26f69496e45a60c03dc92653d53021d4ac/main.js%23L53
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-TRANSPILE-1290774

History

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Subscriptions

Transpile Project Transpile

Weaknesses

CWE-755

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 8:21 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: snyk
Published: Aug 24, 2021, 7:45 AM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 8:21 PM
Reserved: Jan 8, 2021, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 24, 2021, 8:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:38 AM

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