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

Vulnerability identifier: #VU52985

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [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: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
glob-parent
Web applications / JS libraries

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.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

glob-parent: 1.0.0 - 5.1.1

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External links
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1945459
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-GLOBPARENT-1016905

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.