Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File Affecting npm package, versions <6.14.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-NPM-575435
  • published8 Jul 2020
  • disclosed7 Jul 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-15095  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-532  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade npm to version 6.14.6 or higher.

Overview

npm is a package manager for JavaScript.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. The CLI supports URLs like <protocol>://[<user>[:<password>]@]<hostname>[:<port>][:][/]<path>. The password value is not redacted and is printed to stdout and also to any generated log files.

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