GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-gc6c-5v9w-xmhw Downloads Resources over HTTP in nodewebkit
HIGH
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- 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