GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-7vrq-vg6p-32fw Downloads Resources over HTTP in libxl

HIGH Published 2019-02-18 Modified 2021-09-16 Official page ↗

Aliases: CVE-2016-10585
Ecosystem: npm
Packages: libxl
Severity: High
Weaknesses: CWE-269, CWE-311
Reviewed: 2020-06-16

Affected packages

• npm libxl: <= 0.4.5 (no fix yet)

Description

Affected versions of `libxl` insecurely download an executable over an unencrypted HTTP connection. In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, it is possible to intercept the response and replace the executable with a malicious one, resulting in code execution on the system running `libxl`. Recommendation The module author recommends installing the bindings using a pinned and verified version of SDK instead of the automated download. More information is available in the modules README.

Alias · CVE (1)

CVE-2016-10585 libxl provides Node bindings for the libxl library for reading and writing excel (XLS and XLSX) spreadsheets. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data weakness

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10585 advisory
https://github.com/DirtyHairy/node-libxl package
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7vrq-vg6p-32fw advisory
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/178 web