Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity Affecting hex_core package, versions <0.4.0
Threat Intelligence
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- published2 May 2024
- disclosed13 May 2022
- creditmaennchen
Introduced: 13 May 2022
CVE-2019-1000013 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade hex_core to version 0.4.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity due to the package registry verification process. An attacker can execute arbitrary code by fetching packages from malicious or compromised mirrors. This is only exploitable if the victim fetches packages from untrusted sources.