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Security checkSeptember 11, 2023

Insecure template handling in Squirrelly

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Description

Squirrelly is a template engine implemented in JavaScript that works out of the box with ExpressJS. Squirrelly mixes pure template data with engine configuration options through the Express render API. By overwriting internal configuration options remote code execution may be triggered in downstream applications. Version 9.0.

Recommendation

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

  • Affected version(s): <= 8.0.8
  • Patched version(s): 9.0.0

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