Arbitrary Code Injection in pouchdb

Description

Affected versions of pouchdb do not properly sandbox the code execution engine which executes the map/reduce functions for temporary views and design documents. Under certain circumstances, an attacker could uses this to run arbitrary code on the server.

Recommendation

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

• Affected version(s): < 6.0.5
• Patched version(s): 6.0.5

References

• GHSA-cgqv-x5cx-xvqh
• www.npmjs.com
• CVE-2016-10546
• CWE-94
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

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Tags:

npm

pouchdb