CVE-2024-21503

Published Mar 19, 2024

Last updated 10 months ago

Overview

Description
Versions of the package black before 24.3.0 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the lines_with_leading_tabs_expanded function in the strings.py file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious input that causes a denial of service. Exploiting this vulnerability is possible when running Black on untrusted input, or if you habitually put thousands of leading tab characters in your docstrings.
Source
report@snyk.io
NVD status
Awaiting Analysis

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
5.3
Impact score
1.4
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

report@snyk.io
CWE-1333
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CWE-75

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