CVE-2021-21391

CKEditor 5 provides a WYSIWYG editing solution. This CVE affects the following npm packages: ckeditor5-engine, ckeditor5-font, ckeditor5-image, ckeditor5-list, ckeditor5-markdown-gfm, ckeditor5-media-embed, ckeditor5-paste-from-office, and ckeditor5-widget. Following an internal audit, a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability has been discovered in multiple CKEditor 5 packages. The vulnerability allowed to abuse particular regular expressions, which could cause a significant performance drop resulting in a browser tab freeze. It affects all users using the CKEditor 5 packages listed above at version <= 26.0.0. The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 27.0.0.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor5-engine:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor5-font:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor5-image:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor5-list:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor5-markdown-gfm:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor5-media-embed:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor5-paste-from-office:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor5-widget:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 03:30

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-widget', 'name': 'https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-widget', 'tags': ['Product', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-markdown-gfm', 'name': 'https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-markdown-gfm', 'tags': ['Product', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-media-embed', 'name': 'https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-media-embed', 'tags': ['Product', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-engine', 'name': 'https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-engine', 'tags': ['Product', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-font', 'name': 'https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-font', 'tags': ['Product', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-image', 'name': 'https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-image', 'tags': ['Product', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-paste-from-office', 'name': 'https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-paste-from-office', 'tags': ['Product', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-list', 'name': 'https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-list', 'tags': ['Product', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • () https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40ckeditor/ckeditor5-markdown-gfm -
  • () https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40ckeditor/ckeditor5-media-embed -
  • () https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40ckeditor/ckeditor5-paste-from-office -
  • () https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40ckeditor/ckeditor5-image -
  • () https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40ckeditor/ckeditor5-list -
  • () https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40ckeditor/ckeditor5-font -
  • () https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40ckeditor/ckeditor5-widget -
  • () https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40ckeditor/ckeditor5-engine -

10 May 2021, 18:22

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor5-engine:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor5-image:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor5-font:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor5-list:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor5-media-embed:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor5-widget:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor5-markdown-gfm:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor5-paste-from-office:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
References (MISC) https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-markdown-gfm - (MISC) https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-markdown-gfm - Product, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-image - (MISC) https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-image - Product, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-list - (MISC) https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-list - Product, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-font - (MISC) https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-font - Product, Third Party Advisory
References (CONFIRM) https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor5/security/advisories/GHSA-3rh3-wfr4-76mj - (CONFIRM) https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor5/security/advisories/GHSA-3rh3-wfr4-76mj - Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-paste-from-office - (MISC) https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-paste-from-office - Product, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-engine - (MISC) https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-engine - Product, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-media-embed - (MISC) https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-media-embed - Product, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-widget - (MISC) https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-widget - Product, Third Party Advisory
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 4.3
v3 : 6.5

29 Apr 2021, 01:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-04-29 01:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:55


NVD link : CVE-2021-21391

Mitre link : CVE-2021-21391

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-21391


JSON object : View

Products Affected

ckeditor

  • ckeditor5-media-embed
  • ckeditor5-list
  • ckeditor5-markdown-gfm
  • ckeditor5-image
  • ckeditor5-widget
  • ckeditor5-paste-from-office
  • ckeditor5-engine
  • ckeditor5-font
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption