What is GHSA-wqgx-4q47-j2w5?

GHSA-wqgx-4q47-j2w5 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. Insecure Cryptography Algorithm in parsel

Why does GHSA-wqgx-4q47-j2w5 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-wqgx-4q47-j2w5?

GHSA-wqgx-4q47-j2w5 affects 1 product, including: npm/parsel:\u003e= 0.0.0.

GHSA-wqgx-4q47-j2w5CriticalDisclosed before NVD

Insecure Cryptography Algorithm in parsel

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 4, 2020

Last Modified

January 9, 2023

📋 Description

All versions of parsel use an insecure cryptography algorithm. The package uses aes-256-cbc without integrity checks, which renders the ciphertext vulnerable to bit-flipping attacks.

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/1461
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wqgx-4q47-j2w5