#VU30976 Cryptographic issues in yarn - CVE-2019-5448
Published: July 30, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30976
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5448
CWE-ID: CWE-310
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
yarn
yarn
Software vendor:
Yarn
Yarn
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Yarn before 1.17.3 is vulnerable to Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data due to HTTP URLs in lockfile causing unencrypted authentication data to be sent over the network.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.