CVE-2021-21391CWE-400

Regular expression Denial of Service in multiple packages

Medium · published April 29, 2021

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
2%
Percentile
76.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

CKEditor 5 provides a WYSIWYG editing solution. This CVE affects the following npm packages: ckeditor5-engine, ckeditor5-font, ckeditor5-image, ckeditor5-list, ckeditor5-markdown-gfm, ckeditor5-media-embed, ckeditor5-paste-from-office, and ckeditor5-widget. Following an internal audit, a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability has been discovered in multiple CKEditor 5 packages. The vulnerability allowed to abuse particular regular expressions, which could cause a significant performance drop resulting in a browser tab freeze. It affects all users using the CKEditor 5 packages listed above at version <= 26.0.0. The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 27.0.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01667 · 76.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Published
2021-04-29T00:20Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 29 APR 00:20Z
    Regular expression Denial of Service in multiple packages
    cvelistv5