CVE-2021-27290

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 12, 2021 at 09:47 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:44 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsGraalVMSinec Infrastructure Network ServicesSsri

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%

Description

ssri 5.2.2-8.0.0, fixed in 8.0.1, processes SRIs using a regular expression which is vulnerable to a denial of service. Malicious SRIs could take an extremely long time to process, leading to denial of service. This issue only affects consumers using the strict option.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.0.1.1
Affected range stops below 1.0.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
5.2.2 ≤ v < 6.0.27.0.0 ≤ v < 8.0.1
Affected range stops below 6.0.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (5)

x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
https://doyensec.com/resources/Doyensec_Advisory_ssri_redos.pdf
x_refsource_MISCProduct
https://npmjs.com
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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CWE
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