GHSA-97m3-w2cp-4xx6

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-97m3-w2cp-4xx6
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/03/GHSA-97m3-w2cp-4xx6/GHSA-97m3-w2cp-4xx6.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-97m3-w2cp-4xx6
Aliases
Published
2022-03-16T23:54:32Z
Modified
2026-03-16T03:12:33.092894Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Embedded Malicious Code in node-ipc
Details

The package node-ipc versions 10.1.1 and 10.1.2 are vulnerable to embedded malicious code that was introduced by the maintainer. The malicious code was intended to overwrite arbitrary files dependent upon the geo-location of the user IP address. The maintainer removed the malicious code in version 10.1.3.

Database specific 
{
    "severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-506",
        "CWE-94"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-03-16T23:54:32Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-03-16T16:15:00Z"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / node-ipc

Package

Name
node-ipc
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Purl
pkg:npm/node-ipc

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
10.1.1
Fixed
10.1.3

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/03/GHSA-97m3-w2cp-4xx6/GHSA-97m3-w2cp-4xx6.json"