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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLTI3djctcWhmdi1ycXE4

Insecure Credential Storage in web3

All versions of web3 are vulnerable to Insecure Credential Storage. The package stores encrypted wallets in local storage and requires a password to load the wallet. Once the wallet is loaded, the private key is accessible via LocalStorage. Exploiting this vulnerability likely requires a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability to access the private key.

Recommendation

No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative module until a fix is made available.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-27v7-qhfv-rqq8
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Low
Classification: General
Published: over 5 years ago
Updated: almost 2 years ago


CVSS Score: 3.3
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Identifiers: GHSA-27v7-qhfv-rqq8
References: Repository: https://github.com/ethereum/web3.js
Blast Radius: 16.3

Affected Packages

npm:web3
Dependent packages: 6,521
Dependent repositories: 84,683
Downloads: 2,121,860 last month
Affected Version Ranges: <= 1.5.2
No known fixed version
All affected versions: 0.2.5, 0.2.6, 0.2.7, 0.2.8, 0.3.0, 0.3.1, 0.3.2, 0.3.3, 0.3.4, 0.3.6, 0.4.0, 0.4.1, 0.4.2, 0.4.3, 0.5.0, 0.6.0, 0.7.0, 0.7.1, 0.8.0, 0.8.1, 0.9.0, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.10.0, 0.11.0, 0.12.0, 0.12.1, 0.12.2, 0.13.0, 0.14.0, 0.14.1, 0.15.0, 0.15.1, 0.15.2, 0.15.3, 0.16.0, 0.18.0, 0.18.1, 0.18.2, 0.18.4, 0.19.0, 0.19.1, 0.20.0, 0.20.1, 0.20.2, 0.20.3, 0.20.4, 0.20.5, 0.20.6, 0.20.7, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.7, 1.2.8, 1.2.9, 1.2.10, 1.2.11, 1.3.0, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.3.5, 1.3.6, 1.4.0, 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.5.2