Downloads Resources over HTTP in go-ipfs-dep

Also known as GHSA-g3xp-v2ff-x5c3

Published 8 y ago 2018-05-31 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

8.1

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.8%

percentile 55%

Public exploits

none known

During the installation process, the go-ipfs-deps module before 0.4.4 insecurely downloads resources over HTTP. This allows for a MITM attack to compromise the integrity of the resources used by this module and could allow for further compromise.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.76% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	8.1	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	6.8	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
npm	`go-ipfs-dep`	<0.4.4	0.4.4

Affected products

HackerOne go-ipfs-dep node module

Classification

Weakness

CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues

References

nodesecurity.io /advisories/156 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
github.com /diasdavid/go-ipfs-dep/pull/12 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10563 · advisory
github.com /advisories/GHSA-g3xp-v2ff-x5c3 · advisory
npmjs.com /advisories/156 · web

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2016-10563
GitHub Advisory: GHSA-g3xp-v2ff-x5c3
NVD: CVE-2016-10563

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Summary