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GHSA-29xr-v42j-r956: thenify before 3.3.1 made use of unsafe calls to `eval`.
Versions of thenify prior to 3.3.1 made use of unsafe calls to eval. Untrusted user input could thus lead to arbitrary code execution on the host. The patch in version 3.3.1 removes calls to eval.
thenify before 3.3.1 made use of unsafe calls to `eval`.
Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jul 18, 2022 • Updated Jul 18, 2022
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Ubuntu Security Notice 6016-1 - It was discovered that thenify incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
This affects the package thenify before 3.3.1. The name argument provided to the package can be controlled by users without any sanitization, and this is provided to the eval function without any sanitization.