What is GHSA-2944-57xv-2682?

GHSA-2944-57xv-2682 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. @asymmetric-effort/specifyjs: `data:` URI allowed without size restriction

Why does GHSA-2944-57xv-2682 have no CVE ID yet?

GitHub Security Advisories published this advisory directly to customers before NVD assigned a CVE ID. This is the embargo-window disclosure pattern — vendors notify customers on day 0; NVD's public record follows days to weeks later.

Which products are affected by GHSA-2944-57xv-2682?

GHSA-2944-57xv-2682 affects 1 product, including: npm/@asymmetric-effort/specifyjs:\u003c 0.2.136.

GHSA-2944-57xv-2682MediumDisclosed before NVD

@asymmetric-effort/specifyjs: `data:` URI allowed without size restriction

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 2, 2026

Last Modified

July 2, 2026

📋 Description

Finding

Location: core/src/shared/secure-fetch.ts:33-35

data: URIs were allowed without any restriction. While data: URIs don't make network requests, they can be used for memory exhaustion via very large data URIs.

Status

Fixed in v0.2.136 — data: URIs are now limited to 1MB. URIs exceeding this limit throw an error.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/@asymmetric-effort/specifyjs:< 0.2.136

🔗 References (3)

https://github.com/asymmetric-effort/specifyjs/security/advisories/GHSA-2944-57xv-2682
https://github.com/asymmetric-effort/specifyjs/commit/25d1fb491d99479efdf501f5f75e0bb80c908f0a
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2944-57xv-2682