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CVE

GHSA-64g7-mvw6-v9qj

Improper Privilege Management in shelljs
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CVE

GHSA-64g7-mvw6-v9qj

Improper Privilege Management in shelljs

Impact

Output from the synchronous version of shell.exec() may be visible to other users on the same system. You may be affected if you execute shell.exec() in multi-user Mac, Linux, or WSL environments, or if you execute shell.exec() as the root user.

Other shelljs functions (including the asynchronous version of shell.exec()) are not impacted.

Patches

Patched in shelljs 0.8.5

Workarounds

Recommended action is to upgrade to 0.8.5.

References

https://huntr.dev/bounties/50996581-c08e-4eed-a90e-c0bac082679c/

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

  • Ask at https://github.com/shelljs/shelljs/issues/1058
  • Open an issue at https://github.com/shelljs/shelljs/issues/new

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Severity

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Basic Information

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Fix Available
0.8.5

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