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Exposure of Sensitive Information in simple-get

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jan 28, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 3, 2023

Package

npm simple-get (npm)

Affected versions

= 4.0.0
>= 3.0.0, < 3.1.1
< 2.8.2

Patched versions

4.0.1
3.1.1
2.8.2

Description

In versions of simple-get prior to 4.0.1, 3.1.1, and 2.8.2, when fetching a remote url with a cookie location response, headers will be followed, potentially resulting in an exposure of the session cookie to a third party.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 26, 2022
Reviewed Jan 27, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jan 28, 2022
Last updated Feb 3, 2023

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-0355

GHSA ID

GHSA-wpg7-2c88-r8xv

Source code

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