CVE-2020-7789 (Medium) detected in multiple libraries - autoclosed

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CVE-2020-7789 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Libraries - node-notifier-5.1.2.tgz, node-notifier-5.4.0.tgz, node-notifier-5.3.0.tgz

node-notifier-5.1.2.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-5.1.2.tgz

Path to dependency file: /npm_and_yarn/spec/fixtures/projects/yarn/lockfile_only_change/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /npm_and_yarn/spec/fixtures/projects/yarn/lockfile_only_change/node_modules/node-notifier,/npm_and_yarn/spec/fixtures/projects/yarn/no_lockfile_change/node_modules/node-notifier

Dependency Hierarchy:

• jest-22.0.4.tgz (Root Library)
  • jest-cli-22.0.4.tgz
    • ❌ node-notifier-5.1.2.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

node-notifier-5.4.0.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-5.4.0.tgz

Path to dependency file: /npm_and_yarn/spec/fixtures/projects/npm7/subdependency_update/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /npm_and_yarn/spec/fixtures/projects/npm7/subdependency_update/node_modules/node-notifier/package.json,/npm_and_yarn/spec/fixtures/projects/npm6/subdependency_update/node_modules/node-notifier/package.json,/npm_and_yarn/spec/fixtures/projects/npm6_and_yarn/npm_subdependency_update/node_modules/node-notifier/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• jest-22.0.4.tgz (Root Library)
  • jest-cli-22.4.4.tgz
    • ❌ node-notifier-5.4.0.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

node-notifier-5.3.0.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-5.3.0.tgz

Path to dependency file: /npm_and_yarn/spec/fixtures/projects/npm5/subdependency_update/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /npm_and_yarn/spec/fixtures/projects/npm5/subdependency_update/node_modules/node-notifier/package.json,/npm_and_yarn/spec/fixtures/projects/npm5_and_yarn/npm_subdependency_update/node_modules/node-notifier/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• jest-22.0.4.tgz (Root Library)
  • jest-cli-22.4.4.tgz
    • ❌ node-notifier-5.3.0.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: ba8cd9078c8ce0cb202767d627706711237abf71

Found in base branch: main

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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1906853

Release Date: 2020-12-11

Fix Resolution (node-notifier): 5.4.4

Direct dependency fix Resolution (jest): 22.0.5

Fix Resolution (node-notifier): 5.4.4

Direct dependency fix Resolution (jest): 22.0.5

Fix Resolution (node-notifier): 5.4.4

Direct dependency fix Resolution (jest): 22.0.5

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