[DepShield] (CVSS 9.8) Vulnerability due to usage of decompress:4.2.0
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Description
Vulnerabilities
DepShield reports that this application's usage of decompress:4.2.0 results in the following vulnerability(s):
- (CVSS 9.8) [CVE-2020-12265] The decompress package before 4.2.1 for Node.js is vulnerable to Arbitrary File ...
- (CVSS 7.5) CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Occurrences
decompress:4.2.0 is a transitive dependency introduced by the following direct dependency(s):
• gulp-imagemin:7.1.0
└─ imagemin-gifsicle:7.0.0
└─ gifsicle:5.0.0
└─ bin-build:3.0.0
└─ decompress:4.2.0
└─ download:6.2.5
└─ decompress:4.2.0
└─ bin-wrapper:4.1.0
└─ download:7.1.0
└─ decompress:4.2.0
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by inspecting the dependency manifest and lockfile to trace gulp-imagemin:7.1.0 through bin-build and download to decompress:4.2.0. Determine an available dependency update or replacement that removes the vulnerable version, then verify the dependency tree no longer contains decompress:4.2.0 and the DepShield findings are resolved.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, node.js
- Domain
- build-system, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100