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medium 5.3

CVE-2020-28469 json

Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

published 5y ago modified 2mo ago also BIT-gulp-2020-28469 , EUVD-2021-1421 , GHSA-ww39-953v-wcq6

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.6%
EPSS 4.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • npm glob-parent 5.1.2
  • bitnami gulp 5.1.2
  • n/a glob-parent 5.1.2
  • node-glob-parent Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.1.1+~5.1.0-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28469

  • npm RHEL 8 1:6.14.15-1.14.18.2.2.module+el8.5.0+13644+8d46dafd
  • nodejs RHEL 8 1:14.18.2-2.module+el8.5.0+13644+8d46dafd
  • nodejs-nodemon RHEL 8 2.0.15-1.module+el8.5.0+13504+a2e74d91
  • nodejs-full-i18n RHEL 8 1:14.18.2-2.module+el8.5.0+13644+8d46dafd
  • nodejs-packaging RHEL 8, RHEL 8.4 EUS 23-3.module+el8.3.0+6519+9f98ed83
  • npm RHEL 8 1:8.1.2-1.16.13.1.3.module+el8.5.0+13548+45d748af
  • nodejs RHEL 8 1:16.13.1-3.module+el8.5.0+13548+45d748af
  • nodejs-nodemon RHEL 8 2.0.15-1.module+el8.5.0+13548+45d748af

red hat advisories RHSA-2022:0350RHSA-2021:5171RHSA-2022:0246RHSA-2021:4626RHSA-2021:2865RHSA-2022:6595

  • nodejs AlmaLinux 9 1:16.16.0-1.el9_0
  • nodejs-nodemon AlmaLinux 9 2.0.19-1.el9_0
  • npm AlmaLinux 9 1:8.11.0-1.16.16.0.1.el9_0
  • nodejs-libs AlmaLinux 9 1:16.16.0-1.el9_0
  • nodejs-full-i18n AlmaLinux 9 1:16.16.0-1.el9_0
  • npm AlmaLinux 8 1:6.14.15-1.14.18.2.2.module_el8.5.0+2618+8d46dafd
  • npm AlmaLinux 8 1:6.14.15-1.14.18.2.2.module_el8.5.0+254+b4526b16
  • nodejs AlmaLinux 8 1:14.18.2-2.module_el8.5.0+2618+8d46dafd

almalinux advisories ALSA-2022:6595ALSA-2022:0350ALSA-2021:5171

  • nodejs-nodemon Rocky Linux 9 2.0.19-1.el9_0
  • nodejs Rocky Linux 8 1:14.18.2-2.module+el8.5.0+733+de4fee6c
  • nodejs-nodemon Rocky Linux 8 2.0.15-1.module+el8.5.0+721+4c107270
  • nodejs-packaging Rocky Linux 8 23-3.module+el8.7.0+1071+4bdda2a8
  • nodejs-packaging Rocky Linux 8 23-3.module+el8.3.0+100+234774f7
  • nodejs-packaging Rocky Linux 8 23-3.module+el8.5.0+733+de4fee6c
  • nodejs Rocky Linux 8 1:16.13.1-3.module+el8.5.0+721+4c107270
  • nodejs-packaging Rocky Linux 8 25-1.module+el8.6.0+1046+80feca58

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2022:6595RLSA-2022:0350RLSA-2021:5171

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2020-28469 updated cvss 7.5

nodejs-glob-parent: Regular expression denial of service

  • Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0 servicemesh-grafana, servicemesh-prometheus, servicemesh-grafana-prometheus
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 grc-ui-container, rhacm2/console-rhel8, search-api-container, rhacm2/search-ui-rhel8, rhacm2/kui-web-terminal, rhacm2/search-api-rhel8, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 nodejs-nodemon Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift4/ose-grafana, openshift4/ose-thanos-rhel9, openshift4/ose-prometheus-rhel9 Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 2 rhosdt/jaeger-all-in-one-rhel8
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Quay 3 quay/quay-rhel8
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Software Collections rh-nodejs10-nodejs-nodemon
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 cockpit-ovirt-uiplugin, cockpit-ovirt-dashboard
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) nodejs 14.18.2-2.module+el8.5.0+13644+8d46dafd, nodejs 16.13.1-3.module+el8.5.0+13548+45d748af, nodejs-packaging 23-3.module+el8.3.0+6519+9f98ed83, nodejs-packaging 25-1.module+el8.5.0+10992+fac5fe06, npm 8.1.2-1.16.13.1.3.module+el8.5.0+13548+45d748af, nodejs-nodemon 2.0.15-1.module+el8.5.0+13504+a2e74d91, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:0350
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) nodejs-nodemon 2.0.19-1.el9_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:6595
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.4) nodejs 14.18.2-2.module+el8.4.0+13643+6c0ebf22, nodejs-packaging 23-3.module+el8.3.0+6519+9f98ed83, nodejs-nodemon 2.0.15-1.module+el8.4.0+13503+fc29810b, npm 6.14.15-1.14.18.2.2.module+el8.4.0+13643+6c0ebf22, nodejs-full-i18n 14.18.2-2.module+el8.4.0+13643+6c0ebf22
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:0246
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  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.8 openshift4/ose-console v4.8.0-202107010336.p0.git.188a490.assembly.stream
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:2438
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-nodejs12-nodejs 12.22.5-1.el7, rh-nodejs12-npm 6.14.14-12.22.5.1.el7, rh-nodejs12-nodejs-nodemon 2.0.3-5.el7, rh-nodejs14-nodejs-nodemon 2.0.3-5.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7) rh-nodejs12-nodejs 12.22.5-1.el7, rh-nodejs12-npm 6.14.14-12.22.5.1.el7, rh-nodejs12-nodejs-nodemon 2.0.3-5.el7, rh-nodejs14-nodejs-nodemon 2.0.3-5.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-nodejs12-nodejs 12.22.5-1.el7, rh-nodejs12-npm 6.14.14-12.22.5.1.el7, rh-nodejs12-nodejs-nodemon 2.0.3-5.el7, rh-nodejs14-nodejs-nodemon 2.0.3-5.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:3281
  • Red Hat RHEL-8-RHEV-S-4.4 - Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4 ovirt-web-ui 1.7.2-1.el8ev, ovirt-engine-ui-extensions 1.2.7-1.el8ev
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:2865
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 rhacm2/console-ui-rhel8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) nodejs 16.16.0-1.el9_0, nodejs-libs 16.16.0-1.el9_0, npm 8.11.0-1.16.16.0.1.el9_0, nodejs-full-i18n 16.16.0-1.el9_0 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.8 openshift4/ose-cli v4.8.0-202106291725.p0.git.1077b05.assembly.stream, openshift4/ose-pod v4.8.0-202107161820.p0.git.051ac4f.assembly.stream, openshift4/ose-etcd v4.8.0-202106152230.p0.git.aefa6bf.assembly.stream, openshift4/ose-tests v4.8.0-202107131424.p0.git.0d958c3.assembly.stream, openshift4/ose-coredns v4.8.0-202106291913.p0.git.642b46e.assembly.stream, openshift4/ose-grafana v4.8.0-202106291913.p0.git.b987e4b.assembly.stream, +135 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-nodejs14-nodejs 14.17.5-1.el7, rh-nodejs14-npm 6.14.14-14.17.5.1.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7) rh-nodejs14-nodejs 14.17.5-1.el7, rh-nodejs14-npm 6.14.14-14.17.5.1.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-nodejs14-nodejs 14.17.5-1.el7, rh-nodejs14-npm 6.14.14-14.17.5.1.el7
    +1 more products
    Red Hat RHEL-8-RHEV-S-4.4 - Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4 rhvm 4.4.9.2-0.6.el8ev, rhvm 4.4.7.6-0.11.el8ev, ovirt-web-ui 1.7.0-1.el8ev, ovirt-engine 4.4.9.2-0.6.el8ev, ovirt-engine 4.4.7.6-0.11.el8ev, rhvm-branding-rhv 4.4.9-1.el8ev, +49 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • snyk.io https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-GLOBPARENT-1016905 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • snyk.io https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1059092 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • snyk.io https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBES128-1059093 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
OSV 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm glob-parent
>=4.0.0, <5.1.2
5.1.2
bitnami gulp
<5.1.2
5.1.2

Affected products

  • n/a glob-parent

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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