GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-gc6c-5v9w-xmhw Downloads Resources over HTTP in nodewebkit

HIGH Published 2019-02-18 Modified 2021-01-08 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2016-10580
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
nodewebkit
Severity
High
Weaknesses
CWE-311
Reviewed
2020-06-16

Affected packages

• npm nodewebkit: <= 0.11.6 (no fix yet)

Description

Affected versions of `nodewebkit` 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 `nodewebkit`. Recommendation No patch is currently available, and the package author has deprecated this package. The best path forward in mitigating this vulnerability is to use the official installer instead of this package, as per the package author's instructions.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2016-10580 nodewebkit is an installer for node-webkit. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data weakness

References