ansi_up cross-site scripting vulnerability

Description

The npm package ansi_up converts ANSI escape codes into HTML. In ansi_up v4, ANSI escape codes can be used to create HTML hyperlinks. Due to insufficient URL sanitization, this feature is affected by a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This issue is fixed in v5.0.0.

Recommendation

Update the ansi_up package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 5.0.0
• Patched version(s): 5.0.0

References

• GHSA-2v5f-23xc-v9qr
• doyensec.com
• security.netapp.com
• CVE-2021-3377
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

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Tags:

npm

ansi_up