CVE-2024-21538 Affecting renovate package, versions <39.22.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-RENOVATE-8400202
  • published 20 Nov 2024
  • disclosed 8 Nov 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard renovate to version 39.22.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream renovate package and not the renovate package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

Versions of the package cross-spawn before 7.0.5 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to improper input sanitization. An attacker can increase the CPU usage and crash the program by crafting a very large and well crafted string.