CVE-2020-7789 (Medium) detected in node-notifier-6.0.0.tgz - autoclosed

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CVE-2020-7789 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - node-notifier-6.0.0.tgz

A Node.js module for sending notifications on native Mac, Windows (post and pre 8) and Linux (or Growl as fallback)

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/node-notifier/-/node-notifier-6.0.0.tgz

Dependency Hierarchy: - web-ext-4.1.0.tgz (Root Library) - :x: **node-notifier-6.0.0.tgz** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 5a4a7def9ddff6354e22069c494feb0f30196e36

Found in base branch: dev/seed-tool

Vulnerability Details

This affects the package node-notifier before 9.0.0. It allows an attacker to run arbitrary commands on Linux machines due to the options params not being sanitised when being passed an array.

Publish Date: 2020-12-11

URL: CVE-2020-7789

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.6)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: High - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: Low - Integrity Impact: Low - Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-7789

Release Date: 2020-12-11

Fix Resolution (node-notifier): 8.0.1

Direct dependency fix Resolution (web-ext): 5.5.0

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