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CVE-2016-10596

UNKNOWN
Published 2018-06-01T18:00:00Z
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Description

imageoptim is a Node.js wrapper for some images compression algorithms. imageoptim downloads zipped resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks. It may be possible to cause remote code execution (RCE) by swapping out the requested tarball with an attacker controlled tarball if the attacker is on the network or positioned in between the user and the remote server.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

HackerOne

imageoptim node module

Affected Versions:

All versions

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH

Downloads Resources over HTTP in imageoptim

GHSA-mm7h-323r-9p4g

Advisory Details

imageoptim is a Node.js wrapper for some images compression algorithms. imageoptim downloads zipped resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks. It may be possible to cause remote code execution (RCE) by swapping out the requested tarball with an attacker controlled tarball if the attacker is on the network or positioned in between the user and the remote server. ## Recommendation No fix is currently available for this vulnerability. It is our recommendation to not install or use this module at this time.

Affected Packages

npm imageoptim
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 ≤0.5.0

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10596
ADVISORY https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mm7h-323r-9p4g
WEB https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/194

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: February 18, 2019, Modified: August 31, 2020

References

https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/194
Published: 2018-06-01T18:00:00Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-17T00:40:50.717Z
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