CVE-2024-39249

high

Description

Async <= 2.6.4 and <= 3.2.5 are vulnerable to ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) while parsing function in autoinject function. NOTE: this is disputed by the supplier because there is no realistic threat model: regular expressions are not used with untrusted input.

References

https://github.com/zunak/CVE-2024-39249/issues/1

https://github.com/zunak/CVE-2024-39249

https://github.com/caolan/async/issues/1975#issuecomment-2204528153

https://github.com/caolan/async/blob/v3.2.5/lib/autoInject.js#L6

https://github.com/caolan/async/blob/v3.2.5/lib/autoInject.js#L41

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-07-01

Updated: 2026-04-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0088