What is GHSA-g93h-75m9-3qq4?

GHSA-g93h-75m9-3qq4 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. pngcrush-installer downloads Resources over HTTP

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-g93h-75m9-3qq4 cover?

GHSA-g93h-75m9-3qq4 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2016-10570. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-g93h-75m9-3qq4?

GHSA-g93h-75m9-3qq4 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-g93h-75m9-3qq4?

GHSA-g93h-75m9-3qq4 affects 1 product, including: npm/pngcrush-installer:\u003c 1.8.10.

GHSA-g93h-75m9-3qq4HighCVSS 8.1

pngcrush-installer downloads Resources over HTTP

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

February 18, 2019

Last Modified

September 9, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2016-10570 →

📋 Description

Affected versions of pngcrush-installer 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 pngcrush-installer.

Recommendation

Update to version 1.8.10 or later.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/pngcrush-installer:< 1.8.10

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10570
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g93h-75m9-3qq4
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/189