[DepShield] (CVSS 7.5) Vulnerability due to usage of yargs-parser:11.1.1
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Description
Vulnerabilities
DepShield reports that this application's usage of yargs-parser:11.1.1 results in the following vulnerability(s):
- (CVSS 7.5) CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')
- (CVSS 7.5) [CVE-2020-7608] yargs-parser could be tricked into adding or modifying properties of Object.prot...
Occurrences
yargs-parser:11.1.1 is a transitive dependency introduced by the following direct dependency(s):
• react-scripts:3.4.1
└─ webpack-dev-server:3.10.3
└─ yargs:12.0.5
└─ yargs-parser:11.1.1
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Research direction
Start by inspecting the dependency manifest and resolved dependency tree for react-scripts:3.4.1, webpack-dev-server:3.10.3, yargs:12.0.5, and yargs-parser:11.1.1. Determine the compatible dependency update, then verify that yargs-parser:11.1.1 and the reported vulnerabilities are no longer present and the application still builds.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, react, webpack
- Domain
- build-system, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100