#VU55102 Resource exhaustion in glob-parent - CVE-2021-35065

Vulnerability identifier: #VU55102

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-2021-35065

CWE-ID: CWE-400

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 application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing regular expressions. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

glob-parent: 1.0.0 - 6.0.0

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External links
https://github.com/gulpjs/glob-parent/releases/tag/v6.0.1

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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.