CVE-2020-7754 (High) detected in npm-user-validate-1.0.0.tgz

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CVE-2020-7754 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - npm-user-validate-1.0.0.tgz

User validations for npm

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/npm-user-validate/-/npm-user-validate-1.0.0.tgz

Path to dependency file: sync-shippo-to-zendesk/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: sync-shippo-to-zendesk/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-user-validate/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• semantic-release-15.13.18.tgz (Root Library)
  • npm-5.1.13.tgz
    • npm-6.9.0.tgz
      • ❌ npm-user-validate-1.0.0.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 20bc11b9649209456cb362f000ee65f02656b122

Vulnerability Details

This affects the package npm-user-validate before 1.0.1. The regex that validates user emails took exponentially longer to process long input strings beginning with @ characters.

Publish Date: 2020-10-27

URL: CVE-2020-7754

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-7754

Release Date: 2020-07-21

Fix Resolution: 1.0.1

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