CVE-2021-38244

Published: Dec 16, 2021Modified: Jun 17, 2026

7.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

A regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability exits in cbioportal 3.6.21 and older via a POST request to /ProteinArraySignificanceTest.json.

Affected (1)

Products: Cbioportal Project: Cbioportal

Cbioportal Project

1 product

Cbioportal

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Cbioportal Project Cbioportal	Up to 3.6.21

Related CWEs

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

References (4)

https://github.com/cBioPortal/cbioportal/issues/8680

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/cBioPortal/cbioportal/pull/8751

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/cBioPortal/cbioportal/issues/8680

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/cBioPortal/cbioportal/pull/8751

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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