What is GHSA-83rx-c8cr-6j8q?

GHSA-83rx-c8cr-6j8q is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Insecure Default Configuration in tesseract.js

Why does GHSA-83rx-c8cr-6j8q 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.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-83rx-c8cr-6j8q?

GHSA-83rx-c8cr-6j8q has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-83rx-c8cr-6j8q?

GHSA-83rx-c8cr-6j8q affects 1 product, including: npm/tesseract.js:\u003c 1.0.19.

GHSA-83rx-c8cr-6j8qMediumCVSS 5.9Disclosed before NVD

Insecure Default Configuration in tesseract.js

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

June 5, 2019

Last Modified

January 9, 2023

📋 Description

Versions of tesseract.js prior to 1.0.19 default to using a third-party proxy. Requests may be proxied through crossorigin.me which clearly states is not suitable for production use. This may lead to instability and privacy violations.

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 1.0.19 or later.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/tesseract.js:< 1.0.19

🔗 References (5)

https://github.com/naptha/tesseract.js/commit/679eba055f2a4271558e86beec3d1b70cae3fb28
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/792
https://github.com/naptha/tesseract.js/pull/267
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-TESSERACTJS-174085
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-83rx-c8cr-6j8q