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HistoryMar 17, 2021 - 1:15 p.m.

CVE-2021-27291

2021-03-1713:15:15
CWE-1333
web.nvd.nist.gov
15
pygments
redos vulnerability
denial of service

CVSS2

5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.01

Percentile

83.3%

In pygments 1.1+, fixed in 2.7.4, the lexers used to parse programming languages rely heavily on regular expressions. Some of the regular expressions have exponential or cubic worst-case complexity and are vulnerable to ReDoS. By crafting malicious input, an attacker can cause a denial of service.

Affected configurations

Nvd
Node
pygmentspygmentsRange1.12.7.4
Node
debiandebian_linuxMatch9.0
OR
debiandebian_linuxMatch10.0
Node
fedoraprojectfedoraMatch32
OR
fedoraprojectfedoraMatch33
VendorProductVersionCPE
pygmentspygments*cpe:2.3:a:pygments:pygments:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debiandebian_linux9.0cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debiandebian_linux10.0cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraprojectfedora32cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraprojectfedora33cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS2

5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.01

Percentile

83.3%