Security Digest · Critical advisory (no CVE assigned)

GHSA-q849-wxrc-vqrp: hull.js Code Injection Vulnerability

Versions of the library from 0.2.2 to 1.0.9 are vulnerable to the arbitrary code execution due to unsafe usage of new Function(...) in the module that handles points format.

GitHub-reviewed · critical

Should you act?

  • Only if you depend on one of the packages below, directly or transitively, in a vulnerable version. Check your lockfile with npm audit (or: npm ls <package>).
  • No CVE has been assigned, so it will not appear in CVE-based scanners that ignore GitHub advisories. npm audit, pip-audit and Dependabot do read GitHub advisories.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFirst fixed
npmhull.js>= 0.2.2, < 1.0.101.0.10

Details

Versions of the library from 0.2.2 to 1.0.9 are vulnerable to the arbitrary code execution due to unsafe usage of new Function(...) in the module that handles points format. Applications passing the 3rd parameter to the hull function without sanitising may be impacted. The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.0.10, please update the library. Check project homepage on GitHub to see how to fetch the latest version: https://github.com/andriiheonia/hull?tab=readme-ov-file#npm-package

Sources and references

  1. GitHub Advisory GHSA-q849-wxrc-vqrp github.com
  2. github.com github.com
  3. github.com github.com

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