CVE-2021-32723
What it is
Prism 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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in, but needs a user to act. High risk of service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 1.4% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.4 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 1.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-400 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Prismjs Prism < 1.24.0
- Oracle Application Express < 21.1.4
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.4
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/PrismJS/prism/pull/2688
- https://github.com/PrismJS/prism/pull/2774
- https://github.com/PrismJS/prism/security/advisories/GHSA-gj77-59wh-66hg
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://github.com/PrismJS/prism/pull/2688
- https://github.com/PrismJS/prism/pull/2774
- https://github.com/PrismJS/prism/security/advisories/GHSA-gj77-59wh-66hg
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
References
- https://github.com/PrismJS/prism/pull/2688
- https://github.com/PrismJS/prism/pull/2774
- https://github.com/PrismJS/prism/security/advisories/GHSA-gj77-59wh-66hg
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://github.com/PrismJS/prism/pull/2688
- https://github.com/PrismJS/prism/pull/2774
- https://github.com/PrismJS/prism/security/advisories/GHSA-gj77-59wh-66hg
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html