#VU54394 Incorrect Regular Expression in Lodash - CVE-2020-28500
Published: June 27, 2021 / Updated: September 29, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU54394
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-2020-28500
CWE-ID: CWE-185
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Lodash
Lodash
Software vendor:
Lodash
Lodash
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing regular expressions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- https://github.com/lodash/lodash/blob/npm/trimEnd.js%23L8
- https://github.com/lodash/lodash/pull/5065
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210312-0006/
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGFUJIONWEBJARS-1074896
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARS-1074894
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-1074892
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBLODASH-1074895
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1074893
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-LODASH-1018905