Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2020-28500 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | snyk |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2021-02-15 11:15:12 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-10-08 22:16:59 UTC |
| Description | Lodash versions prior to 4.17.21 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the toNumber, trim and trimEnd functions. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS: 0.073360000 probability, percentile 0.942600000 (date 2026-10-11)
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)
| Version | Source | Type | Score | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | [email protected] | Primary | 5.3 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| 3.1 | [email protected] | Secondary | 5.3 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| 3.1 | CNA | DECLARED | 5.3 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P |
| 2.0 | [email protected] | Primary | 5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
CVSS v3.1 Breakdown
Attack Vector
NetworkAttack Complexity
LowPrivileges Required
NoneUser Interaction
NoneScope
UnchangedConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
LowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in org.webjars.bowergithub.lodash:lodash | Snyk | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | snyk.io | Exploit, Third Party Advisory |
| Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2021 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.oracle.com | Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in org.webjars.bower:lodash | Snyk | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | snyk.io | Exploit, Third Party Advisory |
| Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2021 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.oracle.com | Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory |
| Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2022 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.oracle.com | Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| February 2021 Lodash Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.netapp.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2022 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.oracle.com | Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in lodash | Snyk | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | snyk.io | Exploit, Third Party Advisory |
| cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-637483.pdf | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | cert-portal.siemens.com | Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in org.webjars.npm:lodash | Snyk | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | snyk.io | Exploit, Third Party Advisory |
| Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in org.webjars:lodash | Snyk | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | snyk.io | Exploit, Third Party Advisory |
| perf: improve performance of `toNumber`, `trim` and `trimEnd` on large input strings by falsyvalues · Pull Request #5065 · lodash/lodash · GitHub | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | github.com | Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in org.fujion.webjars:lodash | Snyk | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | snyk.io | Exploit, Third Party Advisory |
| github.com/lodash/lodash/blob/npm/trimEnd.js%23L8 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | github.com | Broken Link |
| lodash/trimEnd.js at npm · lodash/lodash · GitHub | MITRE | github.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
Discovery Credit
CNA: Liyuan Chen (en)
Legacy QID Mappings
- 376257 Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools Product Multiple Vulnerabilities (CPUJAN2022)