Buttercup allows attackers to obtain the hash of the master password

Description

Buttercup allows attackers to obtain the hash of the master password for the password manager via accessing the file /vaults.json/.

This affects the Buttercup app up to version 2.20.3.

Recommendation

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

• Affected version(s): >= 2.20.3, < 7.4.0
• Patched version(s): 7.4.0

References

• GHSA-7cwq-p8cr-h9qg
• buttercup.pw
• CVE-2023-41646
• CWE-916
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A2
• OWASP 2021-A6

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• Strapi may leak sensitive user information, user reset password, tokens via content-manager views - @strapi/utils - CVE-2023-36472

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npm

buttercup