MEDIUM6.4

GHSA-hxf3-vgpm-fv9p

CycloneDX cdxgen may execute code contained within build-related files

Quick fix

GHSA-hxf3-vgpm-fv9p — @cyclonedx/cdxgen: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install @cyclonedx/cdxgen@11.1.7

Details

CycloneDX cdxgen prior to 11.1.7, when run against an untrusted codebase, may execute code contained within build-related files such as build.gradle.kts, a similar issue to CVE-2022-24441. cdxgen is used by, for example, OWASP dep-scan. NOTE: this has been characterized as a design limitation, rather than an implementation mistake.

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Affected packages

npm/@cyclonedx/cdxgen

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 11.1.7

Fixnpm install @cyclonedx/cdxgen@11.1.7

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50611[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/CycloneDX/cdxgen/issues/1328[WEB]
https://github.com/CycloneDX/cdxgen/pull/1614[WEB]
https://github.com/CycloneDX/cdxgen[PACKAGE]
https://github.com/CycloneDX/cdxgen/releases[WEB]
https://github.com/CycloneDX/cdxgen/releases/tag/v11.1.7[WEB]
https://owasp.org/www-project-dep-scan[WEB]