slimerjs-edge downloads Resources over HTTP

Description

Affected versions of slimerjs-edge insecurely download an executable over an unencrypted HTTP connection.

In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, it is possible to intercept the response and replace the executable with a malicious one, resulting in code execution on the system running slimerjs-edge.

Recommendation

No fix is available yet. Followings are affected versions:

• > 0

References

• GHSA-5rc6-2r3r-fv79
• www.npmjs.com
• CVE-2016-10644
• CWE-311
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A4
• OWASP 2021-A6

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Tags:

npm

slimerjs-edge