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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLWg4bWMtNDJjMy1yNzJw

hubl-server downloads resources over HTTP

Affected versions of hubl-server insecurely download dependencies over an unencrypted HTTP connection.

In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, it is possible to intercept the responses and replace the dependencies with malicious ones, resulting in code execution on the system running hubl-server.

Recommendation

No patch is currently available for this vulnerability, and it has not seen any updates since 2015.

The best mitigation is currently to avoid using this package, using a different package if available.

Alternatively, the risk of exploitation can be reduced by ensuring that this package is not installed while connected to a public network. If the package is installed on a private network, the only people who can exploit this vulnerability are those who have compromised yo

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h8mc-42c3-r72p
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: almost 6 years ago
Updated: 8 months ago

Identifiers: GHSA-h8mc-42c3-r72p, CVE-2017-16035
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16035
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h8mc-42c3-r72p
• https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/334

Blast Radius: 0.0

Affected Packages