Access Restriction Bypass Affecting chloride package, versions <0.3.0


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.08% (35th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-CHLORIDE-451553
  • published 8 Jul 2019
  • disclosed 8 Mar 2019
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade chloride to version 0.3.0 or higher.

Overview

chloride is a streaming NetSSH implementation.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. It use's of net-ssh resulted in host fingerprints for previously unknown hosts getting added to the user's known_hosts file without confirmation.