What is GHSA-7hpj-7hhx-2fgx?

GHSA-7hpj-7hhx-2fgx is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. msgpackr's conversion of property names to strings can trigger infinite recursion

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-7hpj-7hhx-2fgx cover?

GHSA-7hpj-7hhx-2fgx covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2023-52079. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-7hpj-7hhx-2fgx?

GHSA-7hpj-7hhx-2fgx has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.6, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-7hpj-7hhx-2fgx?

GHSA-7hpj-7hhx-2fgx affects 1 product, including: npm/msgpackr:\u003c 1.10.1.

GHSA-7hpj-7hhx-2fgxHighCVSS 8.6

msgpackr's conversion of property names to strings can trigger infinite recursion

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

December 28, 2023

Last Modified

January 10, 2024

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2023-52079 →

📋 Description

Impact

When decoding user supplied MessagePack messages, users can trigger stuck threads by crafting messages that keep the decoder stuck in a loop.

Patches

The fix is available in v1.10.1

Workarounds

Exploits seem to require structured cloning, replacing the 0x70 extension with your own (that throws an error or does something other than recursive referencing) should mitigate the issue.

References

🎯 Affected products1

npm/msgpackr:< 1.10.1

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/kriszyp/msgpackr/security/advisories/GHSA-7hpj-7hhx-2fgx
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52079
https://github.com/kriszyp/msgpackr/commit/18f44f8800e2261341cdf489d1ba1e35a0133602
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7hpj-7hhx-2fgx