GHSA-49rv-g7w5-m8xxMediumCVSS 6.1
Cross-Site Scripting in @novnc/novnc
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
Versions of @novnc/novnc prior to 0.6.2 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The package fails to validate input from the remote VNC server such as the VNC server name. This allows an attacker in control of the remote server to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the noVNC web page. It affects any users of include/ui.js and users of vnc_auto.html and vnc.html.
Recommendation
Upgrade to version 0.6.2 or later.
🎯 Affected products1
- npm/@novnc/novnc:< 0.6.2
🔗 References (14)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18635
- https://github.com/novnc/noVNC/issues/748
- https://github.com/novnc/noVNC/commit/6048299a138e078aed210f163111698c8c526a13#diff-286f7dc7b881e942e97cd50c10898f03L534
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1656435
- https://github.com/novnc/noVNC/releases/tag/v0.6.2
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1204
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NOVNCNOVNC-469136
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0754
- https://github.com/ShielderSec/cve-2017-18635
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00004.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4522-1/
- https://www.shielder.it/blog/exploiting-an-old-novnc-xss-cve-2017-18635-in-openstack/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00024.html
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-49rv-g7w5-m8xx