CVE-2021-23392
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)
The package locutus before 2.0.15 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the gopher_parsedir function.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)
The package locutus before 2.0.15 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the gopher_parsedir function.
- Record
CVE-2021-23392- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-1253
The package locutus before 2.0.15 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the gopher_parsedir function.
- Record
EUVD-2021-1253- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-39q4-p535-c852
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in locutus
The package locutus before 2.0.15 is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the gopher_parsedir function.
- Record
GHSA-39q4-p535-c852- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The package locutus before 2.0.15 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the gopher_parsedir function.
- Record
CVE-2021-23392- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
The package locutus before 2.0.15 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the gopher_parsedir function.
- Record
CVE-2021-23392- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-39q4-p535-c852
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in locutus
The package locutus before 2.0.15 is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the gopher_parsedir function.
- Record
GHSA-39q4-p535-c852- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
locutusnpm |
before 2.0.15 | 2.0.15 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-23392 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Locutus, published June 8, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.94%, the 80th percentile. Fixed in locutus 2.0.15.