CVE-2024-21503: Black vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)
(updated )
Versions of the package black before 24.3.0 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the lines_with_leading_tabs_expanded function in the strings.py file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious input that causes a denial of service.
Exploiting this vulnerability is possible when running Black on untrusted input, or if you habitually put thousands of leading tab characters in your docstrings.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-fj7x-q9j7-g6q6
- github.com/psf/black
- github.com/psf/black/commit/f00093672628d212b8965a8993cee8bedf5fe9b8
- github.com/psf/black/releases/tag/24.3.0
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/black/PYSEC-2024-48.yaml
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21503
- security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-BLACK-6256273
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