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Security checkNovember 28, 2023

Exposure of Sensitive Information in eventsource

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High severitynpmeventsource

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Description

When fetching an url with a link to an external site (Redirect), the users Cookies & Autorisation headers are leaked to the third party application. According to the same-origin-policy, the header should be “sanitized.

Recommendation

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

  • Affected version(s): **>= 2.0.0, < 2.0.2 < 1.1.1**
  • Patched version(s): **2.0.2 1.1.1**

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