CVE-2020-7789 (Medium) detected in node-notifier-8.0.0.tgz

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
68/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
node.js
Domain
security

Research direction

Start with nozone-example/package.json and inspect the Jest dependency hierarchy to see how node-notifier-8.0.0 is resolved. Upgrade the dependency path so node-notifier resolves to 9.0.0 or later, then verify that the vulnerable 8.0.0 package is no longer present.

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Description

security vulnerability

CVE-2020-7789 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - node-notifier-8.0.0.tgz

A Node.js module for sending notifications on native Mac, Windows (post and pre 8) and Linux (or Growl as fallback)

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/node-notifier/-/node-notifier-8.0.0.tgz

Path to dependency file: nozone-example/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: nozone-example/node_modules/node-notifier/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

  • jest-26.2.2.tgz (Root Library)
    • core-26.6.3.tgz
      • reporters-26.6.2.tgz
        • ❌ node-notifier-8.0.0.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: d30928f8dd88cc4771a81190f01f6b669c1b9127

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

This affects the package node-notifier before 9.0.0. It allows an attacker to run arbitrary commands on Linux machines due to the options params not being sanitised when being passed an array.

Publish Date: 2020-12-11

URL: CVE-2020-7789

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.6)

Base Score Metrics:

  • Exploitability Metrics:
    • Attack Vector: Network
    • Attack Complexity: High
    • Privileges Required: None
    • User Interaction: None
    • Scope: Unchanged
  • Impact Metrics:
    • Confidentiality Impact: Low
    • Integrity Impact: Low
    • Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-7789

Release Date: 2020-12-11

Fix Resolution: 9.0.0

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