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.
                
            References
                    | Link | Resource | 
|---|---|
| https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-markdown-gfm | Product Third Party Advisory | 
| https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-engine | Product Third Party Advisory | 
| https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-image | Product Third Party Advisory | 
| https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-media-embed | Product Third Party Advisory | 
| https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor5/security/advisories/GHSA-3rh3-wfr4-76mj | Third Party Advisory | 
| https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-list | Product Third Party Advisory | 
| https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-font | Product Third Party Advisory | 
| https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-paste-from-office | Product Third Party Advisory | 
| https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-widget | Product Third Party Advisory | 
Configurations
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Information
                Published : 2021-04-28 18:15
Updated : 2021-05-10 11:22
NVD link : CVE-2021-21391
Mitre link : CVE-2021-21391
JSON object : View
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-400
                        
            Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Products Affected
                ckeditor
- ckeditor5-media-embed
 - ckeditor5-image
 - ckeditor5-font
 - ckeditor5-list
 - ckeditor5-engine
 - ckeditor5-widget
 - ckeditor5-paste-from-office
 - ckeditor5-markdown-gfm
 


