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Vulnerability record · CVE-2021-23392 · published 8 June 2021

CVE-2021-23392: Locutus vulnerability

Locutus · Locutus

The package locutus before 2.0.15 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the gopher_parsedir function.

7.5 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 1.9% · top 20.7%
7.5CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 5.0
1.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The package locutus before 2.0.15 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the gopher_parsedir function.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/locutusjs/locutus/commit/eb863321990e7e5514aa14f68b8d9978ece9e65e PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/locutusjs/locutus/pull/446 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-LOCUTUS-1090597 ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/locutusjs/locutus/commit/eb863321990e7e5514aa14f68b8d9978ece9e65e PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/locutusjs/locutus/pull/446 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-LOCUTUS-1090597 ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2021-23392), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.