html inputs of type password recorded in plaintext when converted to text inputs

Description

Highlight may record passwords on customer deployments when a password html input is switched to type="text" via a javascript “Show Password” button. This differs from the expected behavior which always obfuscates type="password" inputs.

Recommendation

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

• Affected version(s): < 6.0.0
• Patched version(s): 6.0.0

References

• GHSA-9qpj-qq2r-5mcc
• CVE-2023-33187
• CWE-319
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A2
• OWASP 2021-A6

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• jsrsasign is vulnerable to DoS through Infinite Loop when processing zero or negative inputs - CVE-2026-4598

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