Man in the Middle (MitM) Affecting dwebp-bin package, versions <1.0.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.64% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDnpm:dwebp-bin:20170101
  • published4 Jan 2017
  • disclosed1 Jan 2017
  • creditAdam Baldwin

Introduced: 1 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-10633  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-494  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade dwebp-bin to version 1.0.0 or higher.

Overview

dwebp-bin is a dwebp node.js wrapper that convert WebP into PNG.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Man in the Middle (MitM) due to downloading resources over an insecure protocol. Without a secure connection, it is possible for an attacker to intercept this connection and alter the packages received. In serious cases, this may even lead to Remote Code Execution (RCE) on your host server.

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