CVE-2021-32723

Summary

CVECVE-2021-32723
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-06-28 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-03-28 16:16:00 UTC
DescriptionPrism is a syntax highlighting library. Some languages before 1.24.0 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). When Prism is used to highlight untrusted (user-given) text, an attacker can craft a string that will take a very very long time to highlight. This problem has been fixed in Prism v1.24. As a workaround, do not use ASCIIDoc or ERB to highlight untrusted text. Other languages are not affected and can be used to highlight untrusted text.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Oracle Application Express All All All All
Application Prismjs Prism All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Tests: Exhaustive pattern tests by RunDevelopment · Pull Request #2688 · PrismJS/prism · GitHub MISC github.com
Updated refa + fixed 2 cases of exponential backtracking by RunDevelopment · Pull Request #2774 · PrismJS/prism · GitHub MISC github.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2022 MISC www.oracle.com
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in Prism · Advisory · PrismJS/prism · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 982026 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for prismjs (GHSA-gj77-59wh-66hg)
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