GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-vjvw-wcmw-pr26 Insufficient Entropy in parsel
CRITICAL
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- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- parsel
- Severity
- Critical
- Weaknesses
- CWE-331
- Reviewed
- 2020-08-31
Affected packages
• npm parsel: >= 0.0.0 (no fix yet)
Description
All versions of `parsel` use an insecure key derivation function. The package runs keys of arbitrary lengths through one round of SHA256 hashing for key stretching. This allows for the use of keys of insufficient entropy with inappropriate key stretching.
Recommendation
The package is deprecated and will not be updated. Consider using an alternative package.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-331 Insufficient Entropy weakness