CVE-2020-28469
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 3, 2021 at 03:15 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:10 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsCommunications Cloud Native Core PolicyGlob Parent
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
This affects the package glob-parent before 5.1.2. The enclosure regex used to check for strings ending in enclosure containing path separator.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
95%
v < 5.1.2
Affected range stops below 5.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (7)
x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/gulpjs/glob-parent/blob/6ce8d11f2f1ed8e80a9526b1dc8cf3aa71f43474/index.js%23L9x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/gulpjs/glob-parent/pull/36x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/gulpjs/glob-parent/releases/tag/v5.1.2x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBES128-1059093x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1059092x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-GLOBPARENT-1016905x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400
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