The gatsby-plugin-mdx plugin prior to versions 3.15.2 and 2.14.1 passes input through to the gray-matter npm package, which is vulnerable to JavaScript injection in its default configuration, unless input is sanitized. The vulnerability is present when passing input in both webpack (MDX files in src/pages or MDX file imported as component in frontend / React code) and data mode (querying MDX nodes via GraphQL). Injected JavaScript executes in the context of the build server.
To exploit this vulnerability untrusted/unsanitized input would need to be sourced or added into an MDX file. The following MDX payload demonstrates a vulnerable configuration:
A patch has been introduced in gatsby-plugin-mdx@3.15.2 and gatsby-plugin-mdx@2.14.1 which mitigates the issue by disabling the gray-matter JavaScript Frontmatter engine. The patch introduces a new option, JSFrontmatterEngine which is set to false by default. When setting JSFrontmatterEngine to true, input passed to gatsby-plugin-mdx must be sanitized before processing to avoid a security risk. Warnings are displayed when enabling JSFrontmatterEngine to true or if it appears that the MDX input is attempting to use the Frontmatter engine.
Workarounds
If an older version of gatsby-plugin-mdx must be used, input passed into the plugin should be sanitized ahead of processing.
We encourage projects to upgrade to the latest major release branch for all Gatsby plugins to ensure the latest security updates and bug fixes are received in a timely manner.
Credits
We would like to thank Snyk [snyk.io] for initially bringing the issue to our attention, as well as Feng Xiao and Zhongfu Su, who reported the issue to Snyk.
This PR contains the following updates:
2.14.0
->2.14.1
GitHub Vulnerability Alerts
CVE-2022-25863
Impact
The gatsby-plugin-mdx plugin prior to versions 3.15.2 and 2.14.1 passes input through to the
gray-matter
npm package, which is vulnerable to JavaScript injection in its default configuration, unless input is sanitized. The vulnerability is present when passing input in both webpack (MDX files insrc/pages
or MDX file imported as component in frontend / React code) and data mode (querying MDX nodes via GraphQL). Injected JavaScript executes in the context of the build server.To exploit this vulnerability untrusted/unsanitized input would need to be sourced or added into an MDX file. The following MDX payload demonstrates a vulnerable configuration:
Patches
A patch has been introduced in
gatsby-plugin-mdx@3.15.2
andgatsby-plugin-mdx@2.14.1
which mitigates the issue by disabling thegray-matter
JavaScript Frontmatter engine. The patch introduces a new option,JSFrontmatterEngine
which is set tofalse
by default. When settingJSFrontmatterEngine
totrue
, input passed togatsby-plugin-mdx
must be sanitized before processing to avoid a security risk. Warnings are displayed when enablingJSFrontmatterEngine
totrue
or if it appears that the MDX input is attempting to use the Frontmatter engine.Workarounds
If an older version of
gatsby-plugin-mdx
must be used, input passed into the plugin should be sanitized ahead of processing.We encourage projects to upgrade to the latest major release branch for all Gatsby plugins to ensure the latest security updates and bug fixes are received in a timely manner.
Credits
We would like to thank Snyk [snyk.io] for initially bringing the issue to our attention, as well as Feng Xiao and Zhongfu Su, who reported the issue to Snyk.
For more information
Email us at security@gatsbyjs.com.
Release Notes
gatsbyjs/gatsby
### [`v2.14.1`](https://togithub.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/compare/gatsby-plugin-mdx@2.14.0...gatsby-plugin-mdx@2.14.1) [Compare Source](https://togithub.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/compare/gatsby-plugin-mdx@2.14.0...gatsby-plugin-mdx@2.14.1)Configuration
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