CVE-2021-23362 (Medium) detected in multiple libraries

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CVE-2021-23362 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Libraries - hosted-git-info-2.6.0.tgz, hosted-git-info-2.1.5.tgz, hosted-git-info-2.8.8.tgz

hosted-git-info-2.6.0.tgz

Provides metadata and conversions from repository urls for Github, Bitbucket and Gitlab

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/hosted-git-info/-/hosted-git-info-2.6.0.tgz

Path to dependency file: amplify-cli/packages/amplify-cli/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: amplify-cli/packages/amplify-cli/node_modules/nyc/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• nyc-11.9.0.tgz (Root Library)
  • test-exclude-4.2.1.tgz
    • read-pkg-up-1.0.1.tgz
      • read-pkg-1.1.0.tgz
        • normalize-package-data-2.4.0.tgz
          • ❌ hosted-git-info-2.6.0.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

hosted-git-info-2.1.5.tgz

Provides metadata and conversions from repository urls for Github, Bitbucket and Gitlab

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/hosted-git-info/-/hosted-git-info-2.1.5.tgz

Path to dependency file: amplify-cli/packages/amplify-category-interactions/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: amplify-cli/packages/amplify-category-interactions/node_modules/npm/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/amplify-cli/node_modules/npm/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/amplify-category-function/node_modules/npm/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/amplify-category-api/node_modules/npm/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• grunt-aws-lambda-0.13.0.tgz (Root Library)
  • npm-2.15.12.tgz
    • ❌ hosted-git-info-2.1.5.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

hosted-git-info-2.8.8.tgz

Provides metadata and conversions from repository urls for Github, Bitbucket and Gitlab

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/hosted-git-info/-/hosted-git-info-2.8.8.tgz

Path to dependency file: amplify-cli/packages/amplify-frontend-android/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: amplify-cli/packages/amplify-frontend-android/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/graphql-transformer-common/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/graphql-elasticsearch-transformer/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/amplify-frontend-ios/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/amplify-category-analytics/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/graphql-appsync-transformer/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/amplify-codegen/node_modules/npm/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/graphql-http-transformer/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/amplify-category-hosting/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/graphql-connection-transformer/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/graphql-versioned-transformer/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/graphql-mapping-template/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/amplify-graphql-docs-generator/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/node_modules/npm/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/graphql-transformer-core/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/amplify-category-api/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/amplify-graphql-types-generator/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/amplify-cli/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/graphql-transformers-e2e-tests/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/amplify-codegen/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/amplify-category-storage/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/amplify-category-auth/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/amplify-category-interactions/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/amplify-cli/node_modules/aws-appsync-codegen/node_modules/npm/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/graphql-auth-transformer/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/graphql-dynamodb-transformer/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/amplify-category-function/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/amplify-category-notifications/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json,amplify-cli/packages/amplify-frontend-javascript/node_modules/hosted-git-info/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ava-0.22.0.tgz (Root Library)
  • meow-3.7.0.tgz
    • normalize-package-data-2.5.0.tgz
      • ❌ hosted-git-info-2.8.8.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: c892e7a09cac285bd9b40ad38879032a4afe4b4a

Vulnerability Details

The package hosted-git-info before 3.0.8 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via shortcutMatch in fromUrl().

Publish Date: 2021-03-23

URL: CVE-2021-23362

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://github.com/npm/hosted-git-info/releases/tag/v3.0.8

Release Date: 2021-03-23

Fix Resolution: hosted-git-info - 3.0.8