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Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity Affecting hex_core package, versions <0.4.0

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.36% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-HEX-HEXCORE-6765790
  • published 2 May 2024
  • disclosed 13 May 2022
  • credit maennchen
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Introduced: 13 May 2022

CVE-2019-1000013 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-345 Open this link 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.

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