#VU85172 Incorrect Regular Expression in Handsontable - CVE-2021-23446
Published: January 9, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU85172
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23446
CWE-ID: CWE-185
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Handsontable
Handsontable
Software vendor:
Handsontable
Handsontable
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 in the Handsontable.helper.isNumeric function. 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://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBHANDSONTABLE-1726794
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARS-1726795
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-1726796
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1726797
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-HANDSONTABLE-1726770
- https://github.com/handsontable/handsontable/issues/8752
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-DOTNET-HANDSONTABLE-1726793
- https://github.com/handsontable/handsontable/pull/8742