Description
semantic-release is an open source npm package for automated version management and package publishing. In affected versions secrets that would normally be masked by semantic-release can be accidentally disclosed if they contain characters that are excluded from uri encoding by `encodeURI`. Occurrence is further limited to execution contexts where push access to the related repository is not available without modifying the repository url to inject credentials. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should ensure that secrets that do not contain characters that are excluded from encoding with `encodeURI` when included in a URL are already masked properly.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| semantic-release | semantic-release | >= 17.0.4, < 19.0.3 | — |
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.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Rhev Manager 4 | apache-commons-compress +1 | 1.21-1.2.el8ev | RHSA-2022:5555 |
| Red Hat Rhev Manager 4 | ovirt-dependencies | 4.5.2-1.el8ev | RHSA-2022:5555 |
| Red Hat Rhev Manager 4 | ovirt-web-ui | 1.9.0-1.el8ev | RHSA-2022:5555 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| npm | semantic-release | >= 17.0.4, < 19.0.3 | 19.0.3 | GHSA-x2pg-mjhr-2m5x |
Advisories 2
- RHSA-2022:5555 Red Hat Security Advisory: RHV Manager (ovirt-engine) [ovirt-4.5.1] security, bug fix and update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 14, 2026
- WID-SEC-2022-0699 Red Hat Virtualization: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Jul 1, 2026
References
- https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release/security/advisories/GHSA-x2pg-mjhr-2m5x
- https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release/commit/58a226f29c04ee56bbb02cc661f020d568849cad
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/encodeURI
- https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release/releases/tag/v19.0.3