high
7.5
CWE
400
Advisory Published
CVE Published
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2020-28469: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

First published: Tue Jan 12 2021(Updated: )

This affects the package glob-parent before 5.1.2. The enclosure regex used to check for strings ending in enclosure containing path separator.

Credit: report@snyk.io report@snyk.io

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
redhat/nodejs-nodemon<0:2.0.19-1.el9_0
0:2.0.19-1.el9_0
redhat/rh-nodejs14-nodejs-nodemon<0:2.0.3-5.el7
0:2.0.3-5.el7
redhat/rh-nodejs12-nodejs<0:12.22.5-1.el7
0:12.22.5-1.el7
redhat/rh-nodejs12-nodejs-nodemon<0:2.0.3-5.el7
0:2.0.3-5.el7
redhat/ovirt-engine-ui-extensions<0:1.2.7-1.el8e
0:1.2.7-1.el8e
redhat/ovirt-web-ui<0:1.7.2-1.el8e
0:1.7.2-1.el8e
redhat/nodejs-glob-parent<5.1.2
5.1.2
Gulpjs Glob-parent<5.1.2
Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Policy=1.14.0
npm/glob-parent>=4.0.0<5.1.2
5.1.2
IBM Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S)<=1.7.2.0
IBM Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S)<=1.7.1.0
IBM Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S)<=1.7.0.0

Remedy

https://github.com/gulpjs/glob-parent/pull/36

Remedy

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is CVE-2020-28469?

    CVE-2020-28469 is a vulnerability in the package glob-parent before version 5.1.2. It is susceptible to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks.

  • How does CVE-2020-28469 impact the nodejs-glob-parent package?

    CVE-2020-28469 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by supplying a malicious string to the glob-parent function.

  • What is the severity of CVE-2020-28469?

    CVE-2020-28469 has a severity rating of 7.5 (high).

  • How can I fix CVE-2020-28469?

    To fix CVE-2020-28469, update the glob-parent package to version 5.1.2 or higher.

  • Where can I find more information about CVE-2020-28469?

    You can find more information about CVE-2020-28469 at the following references: [CVE-2020-28469](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28469), [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28469), [Snyk](https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-GLOBPARENT-1016905), [Red Hat Bugzilla](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1945459), [Red Hat Security Advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3016).

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