CVE-2020-28469: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2020-28469 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in gulpjs glob-parent. EPSS estimates a 4.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 5.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 8Timeline
- 03-06-2021PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 16-09-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- CVE.orgCNA5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LDiffers
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · NpmEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
4.58%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
92%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 4.58% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
3 foundExploit Reference (snyk.io)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (snyk.io)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (snyk.io)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- node-glob-parent< 5.1.1+~5.1.0-2
Gulpjs1 product
- glob-parent< 5.1.2
Npm1 product
- glob-parent≥ 4.0.0, < 5.1.2
Oracle1 product
4 vendors · 4 products
References
12 links- snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBES128-1059093X Refsource MISCWEBExploitThird Party Advisory
- github.com/gulpjs/glob-parent/blob/6ce8d11f2f1ed8e80a9526b1dc8cf3aa71f43474/index.js%23L9X Refsource MISCWEBBroken Link
- github.com/gulpjs/glob-parent/releases/tag/v5.1.2X Refsource MISCWEBRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
