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High · 8.1 CVE-2019-5448 EUVD-2019-0608GHSA-wqfc-cr59-h64p

Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data in yarn

Published Jul 30, 2019 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by hackerone

Description

Yarn before 1.17.3 is vulnerable to Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data due to HTTP URLs in lockfile causing unencrypted authentication data to be sent over the network.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
yarn yarn Fixed in 1.17.3 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 node-yarnpkg 1.13.0-3 —
Debian 13 node-yarnpkg 1.13.0-3 —
Debian 12 node-yarnpkg 1.13.0-3 —

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling yarn 1.17.3-r0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm yarn < 1.17.3 1.17.3 GHSA-wqfc-cr59-h64p

References