Bug 1224365 - VUL-0: CVE-2024-4067: nodejs,nodejs-electron,nodejs-underscore: the npm package `micromatch` is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)
Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2024-4067: nodejs,nodejs-electron,nodejs-underscore: the npm packa...
Status: NEW
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Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P3 - Medium : Major
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Assignee: Adam Majer
QA Contact: Security Team bot
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/405384/
Whiteboard: CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2024-4067:7.5:(AV:N...
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Blocks: CVE-2024-4067
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Reported: 2024-05-16 12:41 UTC by SMASH SMASH
Modified: 2024-05-17 08:16 UTC (History)
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Description SMASH SMASH 2024-05-16 12:41:15 UTC
The NPM package `micromatch` is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). The vulnerability occurs in `micromatch.braces()` in `index.js` because the pattern `.*` will greedily match anything. By passing a malicious payload, the pattern matching will keep backtracking to the input while it doesn't find the closing bracket. As the input size increases, the consumption time will also increase until it causes the application to hang or slow down. There was a merged fix but further testing shows the issue persists. This issue should be mitigated by using a safe pattern that won't start backtracking the regular expression due to greedy matching.
Comment 1 Gabriele Sonnu 2024-05-16 12:41:44 UTC
Vulnerable versions of the micromatch package are embedded in:

- SUSE:ALP:Source:Standard:1.0/nodejs20  micromatch (4.0.5)
- openSUSE:Factory/nodejs21              micromatch (4.0.5)
- openSUSE:Factory/nodejs-electron       micromatch (4.0.2, 4.0.4, 4.0.5)
- openSUSE:Factory/nodejs-underscore     micromatch (4.0.5)

Upstream issue:

https://github.com/micromatch/micromatch/issues/243