Vulnerability · Published Mar 12, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-27290
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the nodejs-nodemon package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 4.7% (higher than 92% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)4.7%top 8.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
ssri 5.2.2-8.0.0, fixed in 8.0.1, processes SRIs using a regular expression which is vulnerable to a denial of service. Malicious SRIs could take an extremely long time to process, leading to denial of service. This issue only affects consumers using the strict option.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 2.0.3-1.module_el8.4.0+2521+c668cc9f | ALSA-2021:3074 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 2.0.3-1.module_el8.4.0+2521+c668cc9f | ALSA-2021:3073 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 17-3.module_el8.4.0+2521+c668cc9f | ALSA-2021:3073 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 23-3.module_el8.5.0+254+b4526b16 | ALSA-2021:3074 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 17-3.module_el8.3.0+2023+d2377ea3 | ALSA-2021:3073 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 17-3.module_el8.4.0+2224+b07ac28e | ALSA-2021:3073 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 23-3.module_el8.4.0+2522+3bd42762 | ALSA-2021:3074 |
| Debian:12 | node-ssri | 8.0.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-27290 |
| Debian:13 | node-ssri | 8.0.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-27290 |
| Debian:14 | node-ssri | 8.0.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-27290 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs | 1:12.22.3-2.module+el8.4.0+638+5344c6f7 | RLSA-2021:3073 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs | 1:14.17.3-2.module+el8.4.0+639+18660d0d | RLSA-2021:3074 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 0:2.0.3-1.module+el8.6.0+982+9fdca2d4 | RLSA-2021:3074 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 0:2.0.3-1.module+el8.6.0+982+9fdca2d4 | RLSA-2021:3073 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 0:2.0.3-1.module+el8.3.0+100+234774f7 | RLSA-2021:3073 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 0:2.0.3-1.module+el8.4.0+638+5344c6f7 | RLSA-2021:3073 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 0:2.0.3-1.module+el8.3.0+100+234774f7 | RLSA-2021:3074 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 0:2.0.3-1.module+el8.4.0+638+5344c6f7 | RLSA-2021:3074 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 0:23-3.module+el8.5.0+733+de4fee6c | RLSA-2021:3074 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 0:23-3.module+el8.3.0+100+234774f7 | RLSA-2021:3074 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 0:23-3.module+el8.7.0+1071+4bdda2a8 | RLSA-2021:3074 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 0:17-3.module+el8.3.0+101+f84c7154 | RLSA-2021:3073 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | node-ssri | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-27290 |
| npm | ssri | 6.0.2 | GHSA-vx3p-948g-6vhq |
| npm | ssri | 7.1.1 | GHSA-vx3p-948g-6vhq |
| npm | ssri | 8.0.1 | GHSA-vx3p-948g-6vhq |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://npmjs.com x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://doyensec.com/resources/Doyensec_Advisory_ssri_redos.pdf x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/yetingli/SaveResults/blob/main/pdf/ssri-redos.pdf x_refsource_MISC
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf x_refsource_CONFIRM