Skip to content

Downloads Resources over HTTP in unicode

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Feb 18, 2019 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

npm unicode (npm)

Affected versions

< 9.0.0

Patched versions

9.0.0

Description

Affected versions of unicode insecurely download resources over HTTP.

In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, they can modify or read such resources at will. While the exact severity of impact for a vulnerability like this is highly variable and depends on the behavior of the package itself, it ranges from being able to read sensitive information all the way up to and including remote code execution.

Recommendation

Update to version 9.0.0 or later.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 18, 2019
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Jan 9, 2023

Severity

High

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2016-10578

GHSA ID

GHSA-qjf4-7642-c57p

Source code

No known source code
Checking history
See something to contribute? Suggest improvements for this vulnerability.