What is GHSA-vjvw-wcmw-pr26?

GHSA-vjvw-wcmw-pr26 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. Insufficient Entropy in parsel

Why does GHSA-vjvw-wcmw-pr26 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-vjvw-wcmw-pr26?

GHSA-vjvw-wcmw-pr26 affects 1 product, including: npm/parsel:\u003e= 0.0.0.

GHSA-vjvw-wcmw-pr26CriticalDisclosed before NVD

Insufficient Entropy in parsel

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 4, 2020

Last Modified

January 9, 2023

📋 Description

All versions of parsel use an insecure key derivation function. The package runs keys of arbitrary lengths through one round of SHA256 hashing for key stretching. This allows for the use of keys of insufficient entropy with inappropriate key stretching.

Recommendation

The package is deprecated and will not be updated. Consider using an alternative package.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/parsel:>= 0.0.0

🔗 References (2)

https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1462
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vjvw-wcmw-pr26