GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-4jh3-6jhv-2mgp react-native-mmkv Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File vulnerability
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2024-21668
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- react-native-mmkv
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-532
- Reviewed
- 2024-01-09
Affected packages
• npm react-native-mmkv: < 2.11.0 → fixed in 2.11.0
Description
Summary
Before version v2.11.0, the react-native-mmkv logged the optional encryption key for the MMKV database into the Android system log. The key can be obtained by anyone with access to the Android Debugging Bridge (ADB) if it is enabled in the phone settings. This bug is not present on iOS devices.
Details
The bridge for communicating between JS code and native code on Android logs the encryption key. This was fixed in commit a8995cc by only logging whether encryption is used.
Impact
The encryption of an MMKV database protects data from higher privilege processes on the phone that can access the app storage. Additionally, if data in the app's storage is encrypted, it is also encrypted in potential backups.
By logging the encryption secret to the system logs, attackers can trivially recover the secret by enabling ADB and undermining an app's thread model.
The bug was discovered and fixed by somebody else. Not me. I'm just reporting this so users of react-native-mmkv upgrade the dependency.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2024-21668 react-native-mmkv is a library that allows easy use of MMKV inside React Native applications. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File weakness
References
- https://github.com/mrousavy/react-native-mmkv/security/advisories/GHSA-4jh3-6jhv-2mgp web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21668 advisory
- https://github.com/mrousavy/react-native-mmkv/commit/a8995ccb7184281f7d168bad3e9987c9bd05f00d web
- https://github.com/mrousavy/react-native-mmkv package
- https://github.com/mrousavy/react-native-mmkv/releases/tag/v2.11.0 web