Description

Versions of the npm CLI prior to 6.14.6 are vulnerable to an information exposure vulnerability through log files. The CLI supports URLs like "://[[:]@][:][:][/]". The password value is not redacted and is printed to stdout and also to any generated log files.

Remediation

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00011.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00015.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00023.html

https://github.com/npm/cli/blob/66aab417f836a901f8afb265251f761bb0422463/CHANGELOG.md#6146-2020-07-07

https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/a9857b8f6869451ff058789c4631fadfde5bbcbc

https://github.com/npm/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-93f3-23rq-pjfp

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OOYAMJVLLCLXDTHW3V5UXNULZBBK4O6/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-07

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Tags

Mailing List Third Party Advisory Release Notes Patch NVD-CWE-noinfo