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sharp vulnerability in libwebp dependency CVE-2023-4863

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Nov 16, 2023 in lovell/sharp • Updated Nov 16, 2023

Package

npm sharp (npm)

Affected versions

< 0.32.6

Patched versions

0.32.6

Description

Overview

sharp uses libwebp to decode WebP images and versions prior to the latest 0.32.6 are vulnerable to the high severity GHSA-j7hp-h8jx-5ppr.

Who does this affect?

Almost anyone processing untrusted input with versions of sharp prior to 0.32.6.

How to resolve this?

Using prebuilt binaries provided by sharp?

Most people rely on the prebuilt binaries provided by sharp.

Please upgrade sharp to the latest 0.32.6, which provides libwebp 1.3.2.

Using a globally-installed libvips?

Please ensure you are using the latest libwebp 1.3.2.

Possible workaround

Add the following to your code to prevent sharp from decoding WebP images.

sharp.block({ operation: ["VipsForeignLoadWebp"] });

References

@lovell lovell published to lovell/sharp Nov 16, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Nov 16, 2023
Reviewed Nov 16, 2023
Last updated Nov 16, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

No known CVE

GHSA ID

GHSA-54xq-cgqr-rpm3

Source code

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