Async <= 2.6.4 and <= 3.2.5 are vulnerable to ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 8 fixed, 19 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-1333.
Summary
Async <= 2.6.4 and <= 3.2.5 are vulnerable to ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) while parsing function in autoinject function. NOTE: this is disputed by the supplier because there is no realistic threat model: regular expressions are not used with untrusted input.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names CISA-ADP · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:async_project:async:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | Async Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:async_project:async:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Async Project
Remediation
Red Hat 7 advisories
- RHSA-2025:8551 Released 2025-06-04 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.14.18 Bug Fix Update
- RHODF 4.14 for RHEL 9 odf4/ocs-client-console-rhel9, odf4/odf-console-rhel9, odf4/odf-multicluster-console-rhel9 +1
- RHSA-2025:8544 Released 2025-06-04 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.15.14 Bug Fix Update
- RHODF 4.15 for RHEL 9 odf4/mcg-rhel9-operator, odf4/ocs-client-console-rhel9, odf4/odf-console-rhel9 +2
- RHSA-2025:8479 Released 2025-06-04 · Red Hat rating ImportantRHODF-4.16-RHEL-9 security update
- RHODF 4.16 for RHEL 9 odf4/cephcsi-rhel9, odf4/mcg-rhel9-operator, odf4/ocs-client-console-rhel9 +4
Show 4 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2025:8059 Released 2025-05-21 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.17.7 Bug Fix Update
- RHODF 4.17 for RHEL 9 odf4/cephcsi-rhel9, odf4/mcg-rhel9-operator, odf4/ocs-client-console-rhel9 +8
- RHSA-2024:10775 Released 2024-12-04 · Red Hat rating ModerateACS 4.6 enhancement and security update
- RHACS 4.6 for RHEL 8 advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-main-rhel8, advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-rhel8-operator, advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-roxctl-rhel8 +3
- RHSA-2024:7443 Released 2024-10-01 · Red Hat rating ModerateRHACS 4.5 enhancement and security update
- RHACS 4.5 for RHEL 8 advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-central-db-rhel8, advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-collector-rhel8, advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-collector-slim-rhel8 +10
- RHSA-2024:6235 Released 2024-09-03 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat Trusted Profile Analyzer 1.1.2
- Red Hat Trusted Profile Analyzer Operator 1.1 registry.redhat.io/rhtpa/rhtpa-trustification-service-rhel9
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Migration Toolkit for Applications 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Network Observability Operator | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Node HealthCheck Operator | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| OpenShift Pipelines | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| OpenShift Serverless | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Data Science (RHODS) | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift GitOps | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Process Automation 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Trusted Profile Analyzer | Affected | No fix yet |
| RHACS 4.5 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:7443 |
| RHACS 4.6 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:10775 |
| RHODF 4.14 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:8551 |
| RHODF 4.15 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:8544 |
| RHODF 4.16 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:8479 |
| RHODF 4.17 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:8059 |
| Red Hat Developer Hub 1.3 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | — |
| Red Hat Trusted Profile Analyzer Operator 1.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:6235 |
Not affected: 20 products
- Migration Toolkit for Applications 7
- Migration Toolkit for Virtualization
- RHACS 4.6 for RHEL 8
- RHODF 4.14 for RHEL 9
- RHODF 4.15 for RHEL 9
- RHODF 4.16 for RHEL 9
- RHODF 4.17 for RHEL 9
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
- Red Hat Build of Keycloak
- Red Hat Developer Hub 1
- Red Hat Developer Hub 1.3 for RHEL 9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8
- Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces
- Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-39249
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x6xm-h7hm-7p9q
- 2026-10-13 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-27 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Sources
- CVE-2024-39249 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-39249 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x6xm-h7hm-7p9q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-39249 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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