#nodejs

node-jsonwebtoken is a JsonWebToken implementation for node.js. For versions `<= 8.5.1` of `jsonwebtoken` library, if a malicious actor has the ability to modify the key retrieval parameter (referring to the `secretOrPublicKey` argument from the readme link of the `jwt.verify()` function, they can write arbitrary files on the host machine. Users are affected only if untrusted entities are allowed to modify the key retrieval parameter of the `jwt.verify()` on a host that you control. This issue has been fixed, please update to version 9.0.0.

The package smoothie from 1.31.0 and before 1.36.1 are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) due to improper user input sanitization in strokeStyle and tooltipLabel properties. Exploiting this vulnerability is possible when the user can control these properties.

All versions of package lite-server are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) when an attacker sends an HTTP request and includes control characters that the decodeURI() function is unable to parse.

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.2.1 could be vulnerable to sensitive information exposure by passing API keys to log files. If these keys contain sensitive information, it could lead to further attacks. IBM X-Force ID: 240450.

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malicious package on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that impersonates a software development kit (SDK) for SentinelOne, a major cybersecurity company, as part of a campaign dubbed SentinelSneak. The package, named SentinelOne and now taken down, is said to have been published between December 8 and 11, 2022, with nearly two dozen

A fully functional SentinelOne client is actually a Trojan horse that hides malicious code within; it was found lurking in the Python Package Index repository ecosystem.

Knex Knex.js through 2.3.0 has a limited SQL injection vulnerability that can be exploited to ignore the WHERE clause of a SQL query.

BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system. This vulnerability only affects release candidates of BigBlueButton 2.4. The attacker can start a subscription for poll results before starting an anonymous poll, and use this subscription to see individual responses in the anonymous poll. The attacker had to be a meeting presenter. This issue is patched in version 2.4.0. There are no workarounds.

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Red Hat Security Advisory 2022-9073-01 - Node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable network applications in the JavaScript programming language. Issues addressed include bypass and denial of service vulnerabilities.