CVE-2020-28469 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in glob-parent. 3 public exploit or proof-of-concept references are indexed, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for glob-parent — see the affected versions and patch details below.
glob-parent vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service in enclosure regex
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.
glob-parentnpmDescription
This affects the package glob-parent before 5.1.2. The enclosure regex used to check for strings ending in enclosure containing path separator.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | glob-parent | ≥ 4.0.0&&< 5.1.2 | 5.1.2npm install glob-parent@5.1.2 |
Affected Products
glob-parentgulpjscommunications cloud native core policyoracleResearch use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for glob-parent, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update glob-parent to 5.1.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2020-28469 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Cap what an attacker can consume: apply request size, rate and timeout limits in front of the affected component, and run it with memory and CPU limits so exhaustion degrades one worker rather than the whole service.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
While some components do package a vulnerable version of glob-parent, access to them requires OpenShift OAuth credentials and hence have been marked with a Low impact. This applies to the following products: - OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) - OpenShift ServiceMesh (OSSM) - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for…
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | nodejs:16-8050020211206113934.c5368500 | RHSA-2021:5171 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | nodejs:14-8050020211213115342.c5368500 | RHSA-2022:0350 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support | nodejs:14-8040020211213111158.522a0ee4 | RHSA-2022:0246 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | nodejs-nodemon-0:2.0.19-1.el9_0 | RHSA-2022:6595 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.8 | openshift4/ose-console:v4.8.0-202107010336.p0.git.188a490.assembly.stream | RHSA-2021:2438 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | rh-nodejs14-nodejs-nodemon-0:2.0.3-5.el7 | RHSA-2021:3280 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | rh-nodejs12-nodejs-0:12.22.5-1.el7 | RHSA-2021:3281 |
| Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4 | ovirt-engine-ui-extensions-0:1.2.7-1.el8ev | RHSA-2021:2865 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2020-28469 in your dependencies?
Find it across npm, including transitive dependencies.