CVE-2021-43838 is a Regular Expression Denial-of-Service (ReDoS) vulnerability affecting jsx-slack versions prior to 4.5.1, a library used for building Slack Block Kit JSON objects from JSX. An attacker can trigger this by injecting a large number of JSX elements within a 'blockquote' tag, causing an internal regular expression to consume excessive computing resources. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to a denial of service. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:jsx-slack_project:jsx-slack:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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