GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-4jh3-6jhv-2mgp react-native-mmkv Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File vulnerability

MEDIUM Published 2024-01-09 Modified 2024-01-09 Official page ↗
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