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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLWdjNmMtNXY5dy14bWh3

Downloads Resources over HTTP in nodewebkit

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.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gc6c-5v9w-xmhw
JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLWdjNmMtNXY5dy14bWh3
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: almost 6 years ago
Updated: almost 2 years ago

EPSS Percentage: 0.00175
EPSS Percentile: 0.5554

Identifiers: GHSA-gc6c-5v9w-xmhw, CVE-2016-10580
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10580
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gc6c-5v9w-xmhw
• https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/173

Blast Radius: 0.0

Affected Packages