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GHSA-x2w5-725j-gf2g
No affected components available
Impact
- An attacker can inject attributes that are used in other components
- An attacker can override existing attributes with ones that have incompatible type, which may lead to a crash.
The main use case of Convict is for handling server-side configurations written by the admins owning the servers, and not random users. So it's unlikely that an admin would deliberately sabotage their own server. Still a situation can happen where an admin not knowledgeable about JavaScript could be tricked by an attacker into writing the malicious JavaScript code into some config files.
Patches
The problem is patched in convict@6.2.3. Users should upgrade to convict@6.2.3.
Workarounds
No way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading
References
- https://www.huntr.dev/bounties/1-npm-convict/
- #384
- 3b86be087d8f14681a9c889d45da7fe3ad9cd880
- 1ea0ab19c5208f66509e1c43b0d0f21c1fd29b75
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: add your question as a comment in #384
The vulnerability requires local access to the device to be exploited. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.
Exploitation activity has been observed. Apply available patches or mitigations urgently.
The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.
We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.
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