Vulnerability in Validate Color Project

CVE-2021-40892

A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) vulnerability was discovered in validate-color v2.1.0 when handling crafted invalid rgb(a) strings.

Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.011 (62.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-40892?
CVE-2021-40892 is a high-severity vulnerability in Validate Color Project, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-06-24.
How severe is CVE-2021-40892?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-40892 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.