#VU52985 Incorrect Regular Expression in glob-parent - CVE-2020-28469

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#VU52985 Incorrect Regular Expression in glob-parent - CVE-2020-28469

Published: May 10, 2021 / Updated: May 26, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU52985
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-28469
CWE-ID: CWE-185
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
glob-parent
Software vendor:
gulp

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect handling of user-supplied input in regular expression. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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