GHSA-9p47-w5xp-f4xrHighCVSS 8.1

windows-build-tools downloads Resources over HTTP

Published
November 9, 2018
Last Modified
September 13, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2017-16003 →

📋 Description

Affected versions of windows-build-tools insecurely download an executable over an unencrypted HTTP connection.

In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, it is possible to intercept the response and replace the executable with a malicious one, resulting in code execution on the system running windows-build-tools.

Recommendation

Update to version 1.0.0 or later.

🎯 Affected products1

  • npm/windows-build-tools:< 1.0.0

🔗 References (5)