PT-2020-16355 · Npm · Semantic-Release

Dbjorge · Published 2020-11-18 · Updated 2020-12-09 · CVE-2020-26226

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions semantic-release versions prior to 17.2.3

Description The issue concerns the accidental disclosure of secrets in the npm package semantic-release. Secrets that contain characters which become encoded when included in a URL can be disclosed, while secrets without such characters are masked properly.

Recommendations For versions prior to 17.2.3, update to version 17.2.3 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of secrets that contain characters which become encoded when included in a URL until the update is applied.

Fix

Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-116

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-26226

GHSA-R2J6-P67H-Q639

Affected Products

Semantic-Release

References · 8

• https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release/commit/ca90b34c4a9333438cc4d69faeb43362bb991e5a · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-26226 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26226 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-r2j6-p67h-q639 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release/security/advisories/GHSA-r2j6-p67h-q639 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/16564 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/17398 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/5802 · Telegram Post