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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2023-26108

Severity Medium
Score 5.3/10

Summary

Versions of the package @nestjs/core and @nestjs/common prior to 9.0.5 are vulnerable to Information Exposure via the "StreamableFile pipe". Exploiting this vulnerability is possible when the client cancels a request while it is streaming a "StreamableFile", the stream wrapped by the "StreamableFile" will be kept open.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published