#VU65358 Information disclosure in semantic-release - CVE-2022-31051
Published: July 15, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU65358
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31051
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
semantic-release
semantic-release
Software vendor:
semantic-release
semantic-release
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to secrets that would normally be masked by semantic-release can be accidentally disclosed if they contain characters that are excluded from uri encoding by encodeURI. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release/security/advisories/GHSA-x2pg-mjhr-2m5x
- https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release/commit/58a226f29c04ee56bbb02cc661f020d568849cad
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/encodeURI
- https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release/releases/tag/v19.0.3